To Approach or Avoid Alcohol? Automatic and Self-Reported Motivational Tendencies in Alcohol Dependence

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 361-368

  Barkby, Helen ^a,c   Dickson, Joanne M ^a   Roper, Louise ^a,b   Field, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Implicit Cognition; Motivational Conflict

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE COMPATIBILITY TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84856374023     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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