Role of impulsivity in the relationship between depression and alcohol problems among emerging adult college drinkers

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-313

  Gonzalez, Vivian M ^a   Reynolds, Brady ^b   Skewes, Monica C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Delay discounting; Depression; Drinking to cope; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNK SENSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051813704     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022720     Document Type: Article

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