Do changes in drinking motives mediate the relation between personality change and "maturing out" of problem drinking?

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Published in J Abnorm Psychol on February 01, 2010

Authors

Andrew K Littlefield1, Kenneth J Sher, Phillip K Wood

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia and Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, Columbia, Missouri 65211-0001, USA. littlefielda@missouri.edu

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