Gender and personality in alcoholism

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Weijers, H G ^a   Wiesbeck, G A ^a   Wodarz, N ^b   Keller, H ^a   Michel, T ^a   Boning J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Gender; Harm avoidance; Neuroticism; Personality; Sensation seeking; Venturesomeness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0344876505     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-003-0013-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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