Impulsivity partially mediates the association between reduced working memory capacity and alcohol problems

Alcohol

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-8

  Gunn, Rachel L ^a   Finn, Peter R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Impulsive personality; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872380255     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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