Changes in sensation seeking and risk-taking propensity predict increases in alcohol use among early adolescents

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1400-1408

  MacPherson, Laura ^a   Magidson, Jessica F ^a   Reynolds, Elizabeth K ^a   Kahler, Christopher W ^b   Lejuez, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Use; Early Adolescence; Risk Taking Propensity; Sensation Seeking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SENSATION SEEKING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 77954940810     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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