Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from January 2001

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from January 2001

Use of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids in Adolescence: Winning, Looking Good or Being Bad?(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... USE OF anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) was first known to the public as a potential means to enhance performance in "power" sports (e.g., field events and weight lifting). The main reason for use is the anabolic effect (Tanner et al., 1995)....

Alcohol Dependence among Cocaine-Dependent Outpatients: Demographics, Drug Use, Treatment Outcome and Other Characteristics(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... MULTIPLE SUBSTANCE USE, especially that involving alcohol abuse and/or dependence, is a well-established characteristic of cocaine-dependent individuals. Results from the Epidemiological Catchment Area study indicate a higher degree of...

Drinking Levels, Alcohol Problems and Secondhand Effects in Substance-Free College Residences: Results of a National Study(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... THE 1993 HARVARD School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) found that two in five U.S. college students were heavy episodic drinkers (consumption of five or more drinks in a row for men and four for women, at least once in the 2 weeks...

Social Influence Processes and College Student Drinking: The Mediational Role of Alcohol Outcome Expectancies(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... THE PREVALENCE of heavy drinking and drinking-related consequences among college students has been documented in at least three national studies (Johnston et al., 1999; Presley et al., 1996; Wechsler et al., 1994, 1998, 2000). The recent...

Family, Religious, School and Peer Influences on Adolescent Alcohol Use: A Longitudinal Study(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... CHARACTERISTICS OF THE family are some of the most consistent correlates and predictors of adolescent alcohol use (Hawkins et al., 1992). Maternal and paternal patterns of substance use, as well as various parenting practices (e.g., monitoring...

A Preliminary Evaluation of the Potential Usefulness of the Diagnoses of Polysubstance Dependence(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... DIAGNOSIS is an important concept for both research and the delivery of treatment (Goodwin and Guze, 1996; Schuckit, 1994). A precise and consistently applied nomenclature facilitates communication among clinicians, enhances the appropriate...

Can Methodological Features Account for Patient-Treatment Matching Findings in the Alcohol Field?(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... PROMISING BEHAVIORAL, psychological, social and pharmacologic treatment approaches for alcohol use disorders now exist (Miller et al., 1995). Because no one treatment-approach has proven universally superior, however, research determining the...

Reports of Alcohol-Related Harm: Telephone versus Face-to-Face Interviews(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... OBTAINING VALID and reliable survey data within the constraints of increasingly limited budgets presents a significant challenge to survey researchers. Whereas large surveys have for many years been conducted using face-to-face nd telephone...

Measuring Readiness-to-Change Substance Misuse among Psychiatric Outpatients: I. Reliability and Validity of Self-Report Measures(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS are highly prevalent among persons with schizophrenia and other major mental illnesses. Persons with major (Axis I) mental disorders have three times the risk of drug or alcohol diagnoses compared to the rest of the...

Association of Outpatient Alcohol and Drug Treatment with Health Care Utilization and Cost: Revisiting the Offset Hypothesis(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... RAPIDLY INCREASING health care costs in the face of scarce resources have focused health services research on the economics of medical care. In the addictions field, previous findings from studies indicate that substance abuse treatment reduces...

Cloninger's Temperament and Character Dimensions in Young Adulthood and Their Relation to Characteristics of Parental Alcohol Use and Smoking(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... THE TEMPERAMENT MODEL developed by Cloninger provides a promising tool for understanding the complexities of alcohol-prone behavior and the neurobiological mechanisms underlying it. Cloninger's (1987a) original theory postulated that there are...

Psychosocial Determinants of Perceived Vulnerability to Harm among Adult Drinkers.(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... PERCEIVED VULNERABILITY to harm is recognized as a determinant of health-protective behavior in a variety of theories. Weinstein (1993), for example, argued that the health belief model (Rosenstock et al., 1988), the theory of reasoned action...

Self-Reports of Physical, Sexual and Emotional Abuse in an Alcoholism Treatment Sample(*).(Abstract)
January 1, 2001... EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEYS and clinical studies of substance abusers conclude that alcohol and drug dependent individuals frequently report experiencing some type of trauma, with estimates of lifetime physical or sexual abuse ranging from 39% to...

Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: An Alternative Approach to Addictions.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: An Alternative Approach to Addictions, by Patt Denning. New York: Guilford Press, 2000, 262 + xxv pages, $32.50 (cloth). This well-written book presents an approach for integrating harm reduction...

Alcohol Use Among Adolescents.(Review)
January 1, 2001... Alcohol Use Among Adolescents, by Michael Windle. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1999, 126 + x pages, $74.95 (cloth), $32.95 (paper). This book, the forty-second volume in Sage Publications' Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry...