Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Active Duty Air Force Personnel: Identifying Unique Risk and Promotive Factors

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-40

  Foran, Heather M ^a   Smith Slep, Amy M ^a   Heyman, Richard E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Drinking patterns; Ecological model; Hazardous alcohol use; Military; Protective factor; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AIR FORCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PREDICTION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79953741785     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020748     Document Type: Article

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