Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles

Recent articles from Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Editor's corner: the future is now.(Journal of Studies on Alcohol)(Editorial)
November 1, 2006... JANUARY 2007 WILL MARK a host of changes for the Journal of Studies on Alcohol. Each of these steps forward reflects our efforts to keep the Journal as timely and informative as possible, while supplying our authors and readers with optimal access to the best journal in our field. First,...

Alcohol abuse and dependence in college and noncollege samples: a ten-year prospective follow-up in a national survey *.
November 1, 2006... CONSPICUOUS ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN recently to the consequences of excessive drinking by college students (College Task Force, 2002; Wechsler et al., 2002). That attention is certainly warranted. In 2001, 600,000 college students were unintentionally injured from alcohol-related causes,...

Increases in alcohol and marijuana use during the transition out of high school into emerging adulthood: the effects of leaving home, going to college, and high school protective factors *.
November 1, 2006... THE TRANSITION OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL is one of the most critical passages in life because of pronounced changes in social environment and role responsibilities (Newcomb and Bentler, 1987). Increases in substance use are evident during this transitional period (Arnett, 2005; Bachman et al.,...

Drinking in the year after treatment as a predictor of three-year drinking outcomes *.
November 1, 2006... TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOL-USE DISORDERS (AUDs), at least in the United States, and self-help organizations such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) aim to help individuals to achieve and sustain abstinence from alcohol and other drug use. Consistent with this goal, the ability to maintain reductions in...

Premenstrual symptomatology, alcohol consumption, and family history of alcoholism in women with premenstrual syndrome *.
November 1, 2006... PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME (PMS) has been recognized for more than 40 years as a cluster of emotional and physical symptoms that occurs during the luteal phase of menstruation, approximately 1 week before the start of menses, and then disappears after the onset of menstruation (Richardson, 1995)....