Context matters: faculty norms on binge drinking relate to binge drinking behaviour in higher education
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Background In higher education binge drinking is an important problem. To target binge drinking in students, studying the social context of students is necessary. Faculties are social contexts in which students behave, but little is known about how faculty binge drinking norms relate to monthly binge drinking. In this study, this relationship is investigated in addition to known personal determinants.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 73 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015