Working memory ability predicts trajectories of early alcohol use in adolescents: The mediational role of impulsivity

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 506-515

  Khurana, Atika ^a   Romer, Dan ^a   Betancourt, Laura M ^b   Brodsky, Nancy L ^b   Giannetta, Joan M ^b   Hurt, Hallam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use trajectories; Early adolescence; Impulsivity; Working memory ability.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873960951     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12001     Document Type: Article

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