Automatic alcohol associations: Gender differences and the malleability of alcohol associations following exposure to a dating scenario

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 583-592

  Lindgren, Kristen P ^a   Neighbors, Clayton ^a,b   Ostafin, Brian D ^a,c   Mullins, Peter M ^a,d   George, William H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449085278     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.583     Document Type: Article

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