Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from July 1 1996

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from July 1 1996

Between acceptance and publication: a sampling of some common problems.(Editorial)
July 1, 1996... AT JSA, THE EDITOR and associate editors are responsible for having manuscripts evaluated, making recommendations for revisions, and selecting manuscripts for publication. Most readers are very familiar with these initial steps. Once a submission...

Effect of a single dose of ethanol on granulopoiesis in female rats: relationship to phase of estrous cycle.
July 1, 1996... A WEALTH of clinical evidence suggests that alcoholism predisposes to infection and increases its severity (MacGregor, 1986; Watson and Gottesfeld, 1993). There is a growing literature indicating that the administration of ethanol to...

Seminatural housing increases subsequent ethanol intake in male Maudsley Reactive rats.
July 1, 1996... PREVIOUS STUDIES of preference for ethanol (EtOH) have demonstrated that the Maudsley Reactive (MR) inbred rat strain, which was selected for stress susceptibility (Blizard, 1989; Broadhurst, 1975), drinks more 10% EtOH than the Maudsley...

Executive cognitive functioning and aggressive behavior in preadolescent boys at high risk for substance abuse/dependence.
July 1, 1996... Psychiatric disorders characterized by disinhibited and antisocial behavior have been linked to deficits in executive cognitive functioning (ECF) (Cole et al., 1993; Moffitt, 1993; Tarter et al., 1985). These functions include attention,...

Individual differences in perceived riskiness of drinking in pregnancy: antecedents and consequences.
July 1, 1996... PERCEIVED RISK has been conceptualized by several theories as a critical predictor of health behavioral change (e.g., Ajzen and Fishbein, 1977; Rosenstock, 1974; Weinstein, 1988). Accordingly, it has been assumed that it is necessary for...

Alcohol challenges in young men from alcoholic pedigrees and control families: a report from the COGA project.(Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism)
July 1, 1996... ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE is a multifaceted, genetically influenced disorder (Chakravarti and Lander, 1990; Devor and Cloninger, 1989; Schuckit, 1994a). Although family, twin and adoption studies demonstrate an increased risk for alcoholism in...

On the discriminative validity of a family history of problem drinking index with a national sample of young adults.
July 1, 1996... A FAMILY HISTORY of alcoholism has been consistently identified as a major risk factor for the expression of alcohol disorders (e.g., Goodwin, 1985: Sher, 1991; Windie and Searles, 1990a). Nevertheless, considerable heterogeneity exists within...

Reliability and reporting biases for perceived parental history of alcohol-related problems: agreement between twins and differences between discordant pairs.
July 1, 1996... HIGH-RISK STUDIES have been valuable in establishing the familiality of alcoholism and identifying possible risk factors and precursors of the disorder. Many such studies have used the family history method in which individuals self-identify...

Eight-month predictive validity and covariance structure of the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire for Adolescents (AEQ-A) for junior high school students.
July 1, 1996... THE PSYCHOMETRIC STUDY of expectancies about the behavioral effects of alcohol is only about two decades old but has become a major area of investigation (e.g., Goldman et al., 1987; Stacy et al., 1990; Wilson, 1987). Considering the empirical...

Agreement in alcohol consumption levels as measured by two different questionnaires.
July 1, 1996... SINCE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION increases risk of numerous chronic diseases (Darnton-Hill, 1989) a valid measure of alcohol intake is crucial for accurate epidemiologic assessment of that risk. Common approaches to measuring alcohol intake include...

The relation between heavy alcohol use and bar patronage: a latent growth model.
July 1, 1996... THE INCLUSION of questions in U.S. national surveys concerning tavern patronage in the 1960s and 1970s (Clark, 1966, 1981; Fisher, 1981) and in Canada in the 1980s (Single and Wortley, 1993) provides important information regarding the...

Procurement of alcohol and underage drinking among adolescents in Ontario.
July 1, 1996... Surveys show that most youths drink before they are Sable to do so legally. In 1993, the Monitoring the Future Study, a national survey of American school students, showed that 76% of twelfth graders and 69% of tenth graders drank alcohol in...

Male adolescents' reactions to TV beer advertisements: the effects of sports content and programming context.
July 1, 1996... AMERICA'S ADOLESCENTS are heavily exposed to television beer advertising. The brewing industry spends over $1.5 billion a year on such television advertising (LNA Multimedia Report Service, 1992); young people ages 12-18 average about 3 hours...

Does allowing the sale of wine in Quebec grocery stores increase consumption?
July 1, 1996... IN THE LATE 1970s, in an attempt to favor the local Quebec wine producers, Bill 21 was passed by the provincial Quebec legislature. This bill had the effect of allowing the sale of domestic Quebec wines in local grocery stores in addition to...

Help-seeking for alcohol-related problems: social contexts surrounding entry into alcoholism treatment or Alcoholics Anonymous.
July 1, 1996... BECAUSE most problem drinkers do not participate in alcoholism treatment programs or AA (Regier et al., 1993), understanding influences on help-seeking patterns is important for increasing service utilization. Help-seeking for medical and...

The Pharmacology of Alcohol Abuse.
July 1, 1996... The Pharmacology of Alcohol Abuse, by Henry R. Kranzler (Ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995, 548 + xxvi pages, $350 (cloth). In this volume (114) of the distinguished Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology series, Kranzler has compiled 19...

Liberating Solutions to Alcohol Problems: Treating Problem Drinkers Without Saying No.
July 1, 1996... Liberating Solutions to Alcohol Problems: Treating Problem Drinkers without Saying No, by Douglas Cameron. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995, 278 + xv pages, $35.00 (cloth). The 1990s has been a time of questioning and...

The International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture.
July 1, 1996... The International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture, by Dwight B. Heath (Ed.). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995, 391 + xxiv pages, $95.00 (cloth). Human beings all over the world use alcohol in an astounding variety of ways and for an...

Creating the Capacity for Attachment: Treating Addictions and Alienated Self.
July 1, 1996... Creating the Capacity for Attachment: Treating Addictions and the Alienated Self, by Karen B. Walant. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1995, 320 pages, $40.00 (cloth). Apparently addressing psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists...