Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from January 2005

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from January 2005

Latent growth curve analyses of parent influences on drinking progression among early adolescents *.
January 1, 2005... THIRTY-DAY USE OF ALCOHOL increases from 6.5% in the sixth grade (Simons-Morton et al., 1999) to 21.5% in the eighth grade and 49.8% in the twelfth grade (Johnston et al., 2002). Early alcohol use is a substantial risk factor for subsequent...

Parental alcohol use disorders and child delinquency: the mediating effects of executive functioning and chronic family stress *.
January 1, 2005... ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS (AUDs) are a widespread problem in the United States. Approximately 5-10% of the country's population suffers from DSM-IV alcohol abuse, and this figure appears to be growing (Anthony and Echeagaray-Wagner, 2000). Alcohol...

A prospective investigation of relations between social influences and alcohol involvement during the transition into college *.
January 1, 2005... ALCOHOL MISUSE during the college years has received much recent attention in both the popular and professional literatures. Collegiate alcohol misuse has been linked to numerous negative health and social consequences (e.g., O'Malley and...

Alcohol alters insulin-like growth factor-1 activated Oct 2 POU domain gene expression in the immature female hypothalamus *.
January 1, 2005... ALCOHOL (ALC) IS KNOWN to delay puberty in female rats (Bo et al., 1982; Dees and Skelley, 1990) and to alter the development of a normal menstruation pattern in rhesus monkeys (Dees et al., 2000). In both species, these actions are associated...

Effect of ethanol on brain neuropeptides in adolescent and adult rats *.
January 1, 2005... BEGINNING TO DRINK ALCOHOL early in life is associated with an increased probability of misuse and dependence later in life (Dewit et al., 2000). Given that nearly 50% of adolescents between 12 and 19 years old are regular alcohol drinkers and...

The role of pavlovian cues in alcohol seeking in dependent and nondependent rats *.
January 1, 2005... THE MOTIVATIONAL PROCESSES that control the intake of alcohol and other drugs of abuse have recently received increasing attention in theory and research that assess the factors determining drug-seeking behavior (e.g., Humans: LaBerg and...

Correlations among first-degree relatives for responses on the self-rating of the effects of alcohol questionnaire in teenagers *.
January 1, 2005... A LOW LEVEL of response (LR) to alcohol is one of several independent, genetically influenced characteristics or phenotypes that have an impact on the risk for alcohol abuse and dependence (Heath et al., 1999; Schuckit, 2002; Zucker et al.,...

Depressive symptoms, DSM-IV alcohol abuse and their comorbidity among children of problem drinkers in a national survey: effects of parent and child gender and parent recovery status *.
January 1, 2005... CHILDREN RAISED in homes with alcoholic parents appear to be at increased risk of internalizing (such as exhibiting anxiety or depression) as well as externalizing (such as developing alcohol or other substance abuse or dependence) psychiatric...

Predicting patterns of adolescent alcohol use: a longitudinal study *.
January 1, 2005... A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT of research has been devoted to adolescent alcohol use, yet our understanding of the development of alcohol consumption patterns is still very limited. Of the numerous studies that have described changes in adolescent...

The cumulative effects of acute alcohol consumption, individual differences and situational perceptions on sexual decision making *.
January 1, 2005... CONCERNS ABOUT escalating rates of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have heightened researchers' interest in identifying factors that influence sexual decision making. Many adolescents and young adults have multiple...

Alcohol use in South Africa: findings from the first Demographic and Health Survey (1998) *.
January 1, 2005... IN MANY DEVELOPING countries, levels of alcohol consumption have increased in recent years as a result, in part, of a change in drinking patterns from traditional use of home-brews with low alcohol content to more frequent, recreational use of...

Immigration-associated variables and substance dependence.
January 1, 2005... DRUG-DEPENDENT PATIENTS often suffer from such negative mood states as anxiety and depression, which have been associated with increased drug craving and a high relapse risk after detoxification (Cooney et al., 1997; Friedman et al., 2004;...

Use of heavier drinking contexts among heterosexuals, homosexuals and bisexuals: results from a national household probability survey *.
January 1, 2005... IT HAS BEEN argued that excessive alcohol use by gay and lesbian individuals is due to their use of bars as their primary social institution (Israelstam and Lambert, 1984; Rotello, 1997). For example, Fifield et al. (1977) assert that...

Reports of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems among homosexual, bisexual and heterosexual respondents: results from the 2000 National Alcohol Survey *.
January 1, 2005... IN SPITE OF PROGRESS in research on alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, few national population-based studies have included questions related to sexual orientation (Boehmer, 2002; Sell and Becker,...

Drinking to cope: a comparison of questionnaire and electronic diary reports *.
January 1, 2005... Objective: The purpose of this article is to assess the correspondence between questionnaire reports of dispositional drinking to cope (DTC) and different indices of daily DTC in a sample of nondependent heavy drinkers. Method: Data from...

Using calculations to estimate blood alcohol concentrations for naturally occurring drinking episodes: a validity study *.
January 1, 2005... BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC) is receiving attention as an event-level index of problematic drinking because it is a numerical representation of intoxication easily compared across individuals. Put simply, BAC is a measured concentration of...

Cross-lagged relationships between substance use and intimate partner violence among a sample of young adult women *.
January 1, 2005... EACH YEAR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 million women in the United States are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV; Tjaden and Thoennes, 1998). Given the high rate of IPV against women and the associated psychological (Orava et al., 1996), physical...