Binge drinking in undergraduates: Relationships with sex, drinking behaviors, impulsivity, and the perceived effects of alcohol

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 518-526

  Balodis, Iris M ^a   Potenza, Marc N ^a,b   Olmstead, Mary C ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binge; College drinking; Ethanol; Expectation; Personality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349683207     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0b013e328330c779     Document Type: Article

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