Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from January 1999

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from January 1999

Familial Density of Alcoholism and Onset of Adolescent Drinking.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT: Objective: Utilizing a longitudinal prospective design, the purpose of this study was to: (1) assess the age of onset to begin drinking in relation to family history of alcoholism using survival analysis, and (2) examine the...

Academic Achievement in Adolescent Children of Alcoholics.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT: Objective: The current study tested whether adolescent children of alcoholics (COAs) showed poorer academic performance than did demographically matched controls, and whether such parent alcoholism effects varied as a function of...

Long-Term Effects of a Community-Wide Alcohol Server Training Intervention.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT: Objective: The Rhode Island Community Alcohol Abuse and Injury Prevention Project (CAAIPP), implemented from 1984 through 1989, employed the "community gatekeeper" approach to reduce alcohol-related injuries and deaths. Targeting...

A Cognitive Analysis of Server Intervention Policies: Perceptions of Bar Owners and Servers.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT: Objective: The present study examined the underlying psychological variables relevant to alcohol server intervention policies. The focus of the research was the theoretical examination of college bar owners' and servers' attitudes and...

Beverage Sales and Drinking and Driving: The Role of On-Premise Drinking Places.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: The relationships between on-premise drinking places, beverage specific alcohol sales and drinking and driving were examined in a time series cross-sectional study of place-of-last-drink data from Perth, Western Australia....

Intoxicated Sexual Risk Taking: An Expectancy or Cognitive Impairment Explanation?
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: Two experimental studies tested expectancy and impairment explanations for the association between alcohol consumption and unsafe sexual behaviors. Method: Young adults, who were administered alcohol (blood alcohol...

The Moderating Effects of Gender and Ethnicity on the Relationship between Effect Expectancies and Alcohol Problems.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT Objective: Research has demonstrated that alcohol outcome expectancies moderate the relationship between psychological states such as stress and negative affect and alcohol use. This study examined whether the relationship between...

Substance Use Disorders and the Risk of HIV Infection in Gay Men.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: Previous studies have suggested that high rates of recent alcohol or drug use are associated with increased risk for HIV infection in gay men. To examine whether this relationship is mediated by substance use per se or by...

Who Drinks Most of the Alcohol in the U.S.? The Policy Implications.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: The concentration of alcohol consumption in the U.S. among the heaviest drinkers is analyzed with data from two recent probability samples of the adult population. Method: Pooled data from four national telephone surveys (N...

The Modeling of Alcohol Consumption: A Meta-Analytic Review.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: Modeling, or the imitation of another's behavior, has been proposed to influence alcohol consumption. The literature dealing with effects of modeling on alcohol consumption was reviewed using meta-analytic procedures in...

Assessing Alcohol Consumption: Beverage-Specific versus Grouped-Beverage Questions.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: The quantity-frequency method is commonly used to measure alcohol intake in large surveys. Because of time and space constraints, questionnaires are often shortened by combining questions on all types of alcohol into a...

The Influences of Age and Gender on Blood Ethanol Concentrations in Healthy Humans.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: Previous cross-section studies suggested that blood ethanol concentrations (BAC) increase with age. To establish this, and to account for putative gender differences, we studied four cohorts of nonalcoholic subjects....

Relating Alcohol Use and Mood: Results from the Tromso Study.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: The interrelationships between alcohol consumption and depressed mood were studied in a population to determine if the relationships differed by sex and consumption. Method: Alcohol consumption and mood were surveyed at a...

Social Resources and Alcohol-Related Losses as Predictors of Help Seeking among Male Problem Drinkers.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT: Objective: This study examined whether factors other than severity of alcohol-related problems add to the explanation of seeking help for drinking problems. Method: Help seeking was investigated by comparing male problem drinkers who...

Alcohol and Retrograde Memory Effects: Role of Individual Differences.
January 1, 1999... ABSTRACT: Objective: When alcohol is consumed following learning, the effect on delayed, sober memory can vary from person to person. We examined a range of individual differences to look for predictors of this variability. Method: Male social...

Message in a Bottle: Stories of Men and Addiction.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Message in a Bottle: Stories of Men and Addiction, by Jefferson A. Singer. New York: Free Press, 1997, 336 + xiv pages, $25.00 (cloth). Singer has written a sensitive and intelligent book exploring the lives of chronically addicted men. In...

Government Regulation of the Alcohol Industry: The Search for Revenue and the Common Good.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Government Regulation of the Alcohol Industry: The Search for Revenue and the Common Good, by Richard McGowan. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1997, 171 + xv pages, $59.95 (cloth). The aim of this book is to provide the reader with an...

Alcohol Consumption and Iowa's Control Policy Shift.
January 1, 1999... Dear Editor: This letter is written to urge other researchers to help advance the search for more scientific evidence regarding the impact on wine and spirits consumption levels of Iowa's privatization of its long-standing state monopoly...

Routine Screening for Acetaminophen (APAP) Toxicity of Patients Requesting Alcohol Detoxification.
January 1, 1999... Dear Editor: Acetaminophen (APAP), a commonly used analgesic widely available in over-the-counter preparations, is generally considered to have an excellent safety profile when taken at recommended doses (650 mg every 4 to 6 hours, not to...