Working memory as a moderator of impulsivity and alcohol involvement: Testing the cognitive-motivational theory of alcohol use with prospective and working memory updating data

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1622-1631

  Ellingson, Jarrod M ^a,b   Fleming, Kimberly A ^a,b   Vergés, Alvaro ^a,b   Bartholow, Bruce D ^a,b   Sher, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Midwest Alcoholism Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit span; Executive functioning; Impulsivity; Longitudinal; Personality; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904997806     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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