Alcohol myopia and condom use: Can alcohol intoxication be associated with more prudent behavior?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 605-619

  MacDonald, Tara K ^a   Martineau, Alanna M ^c   Fong, Geoffrey T ^b   Zanna, Mark P ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CONDOMS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0034169907     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.4.605     Document Type: Article

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