Combined alcohol and energy drink use: Motivations as predictors of consumption patterns, risk of alcohol dependence, and experience of injury and aggression

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2087-2095

  Droste, Nicolas ^a   Tonner, Lorraine ^a   Zinkiewicz, Lucy ^a   Pennay, Amy ^b,c   Lubman, Dan I ^d,e   Miller, Peter ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Alcohol Policy Research Turning Point   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Caffeine; Energy drinks; Hedonism; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DRINK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY DRINKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHILOSOPHY; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904389310     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12438     Document Type: Article

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