Impulsivity and alcohol use coping motives in a trauma-exposed sample: The mediating role of distress tolerance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 588-592

  Marshall Berenz, Erin C ^a   Vujanovic, Anka A ^b   MacPherson, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Coping; Distress tolerance; Impulsivity; PTSD

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551603625     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.11.033     Document Type: Article

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