Social Pressures to Drink or Drink a Little More: The Nigerian Experience
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Influence from friends to drink more or drink less: a cross-national comparison.
Drinking habits are socially patterned and social networks influence individuals' drinking behaviors. Previous studies have focused primarily upon the influence from family members to drink less. Those studies that have focused upon peer influence have been largely confined to social norms among adolescent and college-age drinkers. By contrast, based in adult populations, this article examines ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Drug Problems
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0091-4509,2163-1808
DOI: 10.1177/009145090903600107