Decision making of heavy cannabis users on the Iowa Gambling Task: Stronger association with THC of hair analysis than with personality traits of the tridimensional personality questionnaire

European Addiction Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-98

  Hermann, Derik ^a   Leménager, Tagrid ^a   Gelbke, Jan ^a   Welzel, Helga ^a   Skopp, Gisela ^b   Mann, Karl ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

9 tetrahydrocannabinol; Cannabidiol; Cannabis; Iowa Gambling Task; Personality; Tridimensional personality questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID; DRONABINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAZARD; HUMAN; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; TRIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; GAMBLING; HAIR; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 58149331867     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189788     Document Type: Article

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