Mixing an Energy Drink with an Alcoholic Beverage Increases Motivation for More Alcohol in College Students

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-283

  Marczinski, Cecile A ^a   Fillmore, Mark T ^a   Henges, Amy L ^a   Ramsey, Meagan A ^a   Young, Chelsea R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; College Students; Energy Drink; Motivation to Drink; Priming

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DRINK; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SELF REPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VODKA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AROUSAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY DRINKS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84873258160     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01868.x     Document Type: Article

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