Drinking without thinking: An implicit measure of alcohol motivation predicts failure to control alcohol use

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1210-1219

  Ostafin, Brian D ^a   Marlatt, G Alan ^b   Greenwald, Anthony G ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Automatic processes; Dyscontrol; Implicit association test; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE ACUITY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF EFFICACY; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849358800     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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