Alexithymia and alcohol consumption: The mediating effects of drinking motives

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 350-352

  Bruce, Gillian ^a   Curren, Cindy ^a   Williams, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alexithymia; Drinking motives

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855591283     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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