Negative-reinforcement drinking motives mediate the relation between anxiety sensitivity and increased drinking behavior

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-171

  Stewart, Sherry H ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^b   Eifert, Georg H ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dept of Psychiat and Hum Behavior ^*  (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Drinking levels; Drinking motives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003069285     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00213-0     Document Type: Article

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