Implicitly positive about alcohol? Implicit positive associations predict drinking behavior

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 979-986

  Houben, Katrijn ^a   Wiers, Reinout W ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Implicit Association Test; Implicit cognition

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44749089790     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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