A new look at risk-taking: Using a translational approach to examine risk-taking behavior on the balloon analogue risk task

Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 444-452

  DeMartini, Kelly S ^a   Leeman, Robert F ^a   Corbin, William R ^b   Toll, Benjamin A ^c   Fucito, Lisa M ^a   Lejuez, Carl W ^d   O'Malley, Stephanie S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Balloon analogue risk task (BART); Coefficient of variability; Risk taking; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BALLOON ANALOGUE RISK TASK; BALLOON PUMP; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COEFFICIENT OF VARIABILITY; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONEY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925852434     PISSN: 10641297     EISSN: 19362293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037421     Document Type: Article

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