Research Explores Relationship Between Social Media and Drinking

10/13/2017 10:50:19 AMResearch Explores Relationship Between Social Media and DrinkingUniversity of Houston: A psychologist at the University of Houston is exploring the ways in which social media influences alcohol consumption among college students. Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers, a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer, will use a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study how social media, and Facebook in particular, shapes students’ drinking habits.Chris Stipes

cdstipes@uh.edu

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