Is Expectancy Reality? Associations Between Tension Reduction Beliefs and Mood Following Alcohol Consumption

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 434-444

  Merrill, Jennifer E ^a   Wardell, Jeffrey D ^a   Read, Jennifer P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; college students; expectancies; mood; tension reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLS; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549083395     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017424     Document Type: Article

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