The effects of alcohol and dosage-set on risk-seeking behavior in groups and individuals

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-200

  Sayette, Michael A ^a   Dimoff, John D ^a   Levine, John M ^a   Moreland, Richard L ^a   Votruba Drzal, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcohol expectancies; decision making; risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK SEEKING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROUP PROCESS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DECISION MAKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867293257     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023903     Document Type: Article

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