title: Personality, peer influence, and use of alcohol and drugs by first-year university students.
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.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Valliant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010551:Personality; D012925:Social Conformity; D012933:Social Identification; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*