Drinking Behaviors in Social Situations Account for Alcohol-Related Problems Among Socially Anxious Individuals

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 640-648

  Buckner, Julia D ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Drinking to cope; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78651362436     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020968     Document Type: Article

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