Proximal relationships between PTSD symptoms and drinking among female college students: Results from a daily monitoring study

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-73

  Kaysen, Debra ^a   Atkins, David C ^b   Simpson, Tracy L ^a   Stappenbeck, Cynthia A ^a   Blayney, Jessica A ^a   Lee, Christine M ^a   Larimer, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA Puget Sound Health Care Syste ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; College students; posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SYMPTOM; VICTIM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; CRIME VICTIM; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940282633     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: 19391501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033588     Document Type: Article

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