Risk-taking but not response inhibition or delay discounting predict alcohol consumption in social drinkers

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 54-61

  Fernie, Gordon ^a   Cole, Jon C ^a   Goudie, Andrew J ^a   Field, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Delay discounting; Impulsivity; Response inhibition; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ARTICLE; BALLOON ANALOGUE RISK TASK; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BINGE DRINKING QUESTIONNAIRE; DELAY DISCOUNTING TASK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GO NO-GO TASK; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STOP SIGNAL TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMELINE FOLLOW BACK QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78049340182     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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