Do men with excessive alcohol consumption and social stability have an addictive personality?

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-260

  Berglund, Kristina ^a   Roman, Erika ^b   Balldin, Jan ^c   Berggren, Ulf ^c   Eriksson, Matts ^c   Gustavsson, Petter ^d   Fahlke, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Excessive alcohol consumption; Men; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955631470     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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