A short fuse after alcohol: Implicit power associations predict aggressiveness after alcohol consumption in young heavy drinkers with limited executive control

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-305

  Wiers, Reinout W ^a   Beckers, Leen ^b   Houben, Katrijn ^b   Hofmann, Wilhelm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Dual process; Executive control; Implicit Association Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF REPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AROUSAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649418128     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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