Stress and Alcohol Use: Moderating Effects of Gender, Coping, and Alcohol Expectancies

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 139-152

  Cooper, M Lynne ^a   Russell, Marcia ^b   Skinner, Jeremy B ^b   Frone, Michael R ^b   Mudar, Pamela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BLACKS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RISK FACTORS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026515439     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.101.1.139     Document Type: Article

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