The A1 allele of the D2 dopamine receptor gene region, alcohol expectancies and drinking refusal self-efficacy are associated with alcohol dependence severity

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-105

  Connor, Jason P ^a   Young, Ross McD ^b   Saunders, John B ^a,c   Lawford, Bruce R ^c   Ho, Robert ^d   Ritchie, Terry L ^e   Noble, Ernest P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; DRD2; Expectancy; Genetics; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 44649099484     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.030     Document Type: Article

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