Heightened Heart Rate Response to Alcohol Intoxication Is Associated with a Reward-Seeking Personality Profile

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 394-401

  Brunelle, Caroline ^a   Assaad, Jean Marc ^b   Barrett, Sean P ^a   Ávila, Cesar ^c   Conrod, Patricia J ^d   Tremblay, Richard E ^b   Pihl, Robert O ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Behavioral Activation System; Heart Rate; Personality Traits; Stimulant Drugs

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTROVERSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHANOL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REWARD;

EID: 1642312046     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000117859.23567.2E     Document Type: Article

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