The relation between risk-taking behavior and alcohol use in young adults is different for men and women

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 155, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-227

  de Haan, L ^a   Egberts, A C G ^a,b   Heerdink, E R ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Multinomial logistic regression; Risk taking behavior; RT 18; Sex

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RT 18 SCORE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SUBSTANCE USE; TOBACCO USE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BINGE DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941935654     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.07.013     Document Type: Article

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