The motive to drink due to social anxiety and its relation to hazardous alcohol use

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 806-813

  Cludius, Barbara ^a   Stevens, Stephan ^a,b   Bantin, Trisha ^a   Gerlach, Alexander L ^b   Hermann, Christiane ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking motives; Alcoholism; Comorbidity; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884600730     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032295     Document Type: Article

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