Speeches, strangers, and alcohol use: The role of context in social stress response dampening

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 462-472

  Ham, Lindsay S ^a   Casner, Hilary G ^a   Bacon, Amy K ^a   Shaver, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drinking; Social anxiety; Stress response dampening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; BREATH TESTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHANOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955967372     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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