Family history of alcoholism and the stability of personality in young adulthood

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-477

  Larkins, Jenny M ^a   Sher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; Family history of alcoholism; Personality; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTROVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845729915     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.20.4.471     Document Type: Article

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