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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Drinking age"”.

  1. An economic model of highway fatalities

    … was collected for the following variables: average speed, speed variance, percentage of drivers wearing seat belts, percentage of licensed male drivers, percentage of drivers under 25 years of age, drinking age for beer, per capita alcohol consumption, percentage of urban population, and …

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  2. A behavior analysis of alcohol consumption and impairment at university parties

    … an ID number. During these parties, individual drinking rates of beer and mixed drinks or beer only were monitored under varying environmental conditions. When exiting the party, students' blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) were obtained with a breathalizer. In Experiment 1, three types of beer …

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  3. Under Age: Redefining Legal Adulthood in 1970s America

    … a number of unprecedented changes to the minimum age laws that define the legal boundaries between childhood and adulthood in the United States. By altering the voting age and the legal age of majority during the early 1970s, legislators effectively lowered the legal age of adulthood from …

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  4. Alcohol Policy Initiatives of Post-Secondary Institutions in the State of Kentucky: An Evaluation of Best Practice Strategies to Reduce Binge Drinking

    <p>Binge drinking has become a matter of public health. The legal drinking age is 21 in the United States; however, binge drinking by underage college students is prevalent, alarming, and consequential (Malloy & Goldman, 2002). This polarizing topic has caused great concern among policy makers, …

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  5. The Affective Consequences of Expressing Moral Convictions

    … The target issue was lowering the legal drinking age to 18. As in Study 1 there was a main effect of moral conviction; however an increase in moral conviction was associated with an increase in negative emotions after exposure to the normative influence and no increase in positive …

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  6. The effect of social support and quality of life on attitudes towards drinking in a population of older adults.

    … examined the relationship between problematic drinking, age at onset of problematic drinking, alcohol expectancies, the role of social support, and quality of life (specifically life satisfaction). Study participants were 155 men and women aged 55 and older recruited from local retirement …

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  7. Assessing levels of intoxication through behavioral observation

    … students (n = 232) consuming alcoholic beverages at three regularly scheduled weekend fraternity parties. Subjects were recruited for testing from among those in attendance at these parties. Subjects were of legal drinking age. Results for both instruments were instructive and encouraging. …

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