Is Risk for Alcoholism Mediated by Individual Differences in Drinking Motivations?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-39

  Prescott, Carol A ^a,b   Cross, Rebecca J ^c   Kuhn, Jonathan W ^a   Horn, John L ^d   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking Motivations; Expectancies; Structural Models; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DRINKING; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MODEL; MOOD; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TWINS;

AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1642576317     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000106302.75766.F0     Document Type: Article

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