Reliability and Validity of a Demand Curve Measure of Alcohol Reinforcement

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 396-404

  Murphy, James G ^a,b   MacKillop, James ^b,c   Skidmore, Jessica R ^a   Pederson, Ashley A ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; alcohol; behavioral economics; demand; reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PURCHASE TASK; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PURCHASING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72549104083     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017684     Document Type: Article

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