Sensation seeking in long-term abstinent alcoholics, treatment-naïve active alcoholics, and nonalcoholic controls

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1045-1051

  Fein, George ^a,b   Di Sclafani, Victoria ^a   Finn, Peter ^c  

^a Neurobehavioral Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Long Term Abstinence; Personality; Sensation Seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION SEEKING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; BOREDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS; BOREDOM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY TESTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952930000     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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