Religion/spirituality, risk, and the development of alcohol dependence in female twins

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 562-572

  Haber, Jon Randolph ^a   Grant, Julia D ^b   Sartor, Carolyn E ^c   Koenig, Laura B ^d   Heath, Andrew ^b   Jacob, Theodore ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Developmental stages; Protective factors; Religionspirituality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOTIVATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; TWINS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884633606     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031915     Document Type: Article

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