Personality, Peer Influence, and Use of Alcohol and Drugs by First-Year University Students
- 1 October 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 77 (2) , 401-402
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1995.77.2.401
Abstract
A comparison of 42 male and 42 female first-year university students showed significant personality differences between the populations. Also, males were more influenced by their peers to drink alcohol than were females.Keywords
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