Adolescence is a time that can set the course of alcohol abuse later in life. Sensitivity to reward on multiple levels is a major factor in this development. We examined 736 adolescents from the IMAGEN longitudinal study for alcohol drinking during early (mean age=14.37) and again later (mean age=16.45) adolescence. Conducting structural equation modeling we evaluated the contribution of reward...

s | 87 the studied polymorphisms via the restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Clinical factors such as gender, age, duration of illness, and final medication dosage were noted as well. The researchers measured psychopathology biweekly, using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) fivefactor model scale (positive, negative, excitement, cognitive, and depressive). A mixed mo...

1 University of Szczecin, Institute of Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health, Szczecin, Poland 2University Center for Education, University of Szczecin, Poland 3Department of Psychiatry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland 4Department of Psychiatry, Vienna University, Austria 5Department of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland 6 Institut...

s | 87 the studied polymorphisms via the restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Clinical factors such as gender, age, duration of illness, and final medication dosage were noted as well. The researchers measured psychopathology biweekly, using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) fivefactor model scale (positive, negative, excitement, cognitive, and depressive). A mixed mo...