Risk-taking and decision-making in youth: Relationships to addiction vulnerability

Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Balogh, Kornelia N ^a   Mayes, Linda C ^b   Potenza, Marc N ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction vulnerability; Adolescence; Behavioral addictions; Decision making; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897821758     PISSN: 20625871     EISSN: 20635303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JBA.2.2013.1.1     Document Type: Article

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