Social anxiety and alcohol consumption: The role of alcohol expectancies and reward sensitivity

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 730-736

  Booth, Catherine ^a   Hasking, Penelope ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol expectancies; Reward sensitivity; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REWARD; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349197583     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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