Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from July 1999

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from July 1999

Long-Term Treatment Careers and Outcomes of Previously Untreated Alcoholics.(ST)
July 1, 1999... MUCH OF THE current knowledge concerning the course of alcoholism has come from studies of treated samples in which the effects of either brief interventions or longer term treatment were evaluated. Few studies have compared outcomes of both...

Cross-Cultural Applicability in International Classifications and Research on Alcohol Dependence.
July 1, 1999... THIS ARTICLE is concerned with the ways that variation in fundamental cultural assumptions about drinking and its effects can influence the results of international comparisons of alcohol dependence based on official diagnostic criteria, such...

Resolving Alcohol-Related Problems with and without Treatment: The Effects of Different Problem Criteria.(ST)
July 1, 1999... NATURAL RECOVERIES from alcohol problems (resolving alcohol problems without treatment) have been the subject of widely different claims (Roizen et al., 1978; Sobell et al., 1996). In part, these claims may depend upon whether the...

Heavy Drinking and Problems among Wine Drinkers.(ST)
July 1, 1999... SURVEY REPORTS of alcohol use rarely provide much information on the type of beverage preferred or most often drunk. The focus is usually on the quantity and frequency of drinking regardless of beverage type. Indeed, some survey reports (Adlaf...

Alcoholics with and without Social Phobia: A Comparison of Substance Use and Psychiatric Variables.(ST)
July 1, 1999... SOCIAL PHOBIA is an anxiety disorder characterized by a marked and persistent fear of being negatively evaluated by others (Liebowitz et al., 1985). Social phobia has an early age of onset, typically between 13 and 20 years, and the majority of...

Transition into Adolescent Problem Drinking: The Role of Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors.
July 1, 1999... GIVEN THE HIGH LEVELS of alcohol use and heavy drinking among adolescents in the United States (Johnson et al., 1996; O'Malley et al., 1993), it is clear that a sizable proportion of young people is vulnerable to the short-term and long-term...

Social and Coping Reasons for Drinking: Predicting Alcohol Misuse in Adolescents.(ST)
July 1, 1999... DRINKING is prevalent among adolescents. By the age of 14, over half of secondary school students drink at least occasionally (Barnes et al., 1997). Rates of both drinking and heavy drinking increase steadily throughout adolescence such that by...

The Role of Neurocognitive Abilities in Coping with Adolescent Relapse to Alcohol and Drug Use.(ST)
July 1, 1999... THE ROLE OF COPING SKILLS in relapse to alcohol and drug abuse has been studied with increasing interest in the past 15 years. Recent research has shown that coping plays an important role in delaying addiction relapse and preventing harmful...

Neuropsychological Characteristics in Children of Alcoholics: Familial Density.(ST)
July 1, 1999... SINCE FAMILY, twin and adoption studies provided evidence of a genetic contribution in the etiology of alcoholism (see Hesselbrock, 1995, for a review), a number of researchers have accordingly explored different characteristics in children of...

The Effect of Victim Impact Panels on DUI/DWI Rearrest Rates: A Twelve-Month Follow-Up.(driving under influence of alcohol)
July 1, 1999... WHILE THE PERCENTAGE of alcohol-related crash fatalities in the United States declined by approximately 14% from 1986-1992 (Gordis, 1996), driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs (DUI) continues to account for an inordinate...

Alcohol Risk Reduction for Fraternity and Sorority Members.(ST)
July 1, 1999... THE PURPOSE of the study reported here was to evaluate the effects of a program designed to reduce the risk of alcohol consumption among fraternity and sorority members, "Talking about Alcohol and Drugs... Among Greeks" (TAAD). We begin with a...

The Role of Alcohol in Physical Assault Perpetration and Victimization.(ST)
July 1, 1999... MUCH EVIDENCE supports a strong association between alcohol and aggression. Experimental studies, for example, have shown that aggressive behavior varies with the amount of alcohol ingested (Taylor and Gammon, 1975) and that aggressive behavior...

Drinking and Marital Aggression in Newlyweds: An Event-Based Analysis of Drinking and the Occurrence of Husband Marital Aggression.(ST)
July 1, 1999... EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION has been one of the most consistent correlates of domestic violence to emerge over the past two decades of research. Numerous studies have documented that the risk of marital violence is higher among men who drink...

Physical Dependence after Benzodiazepine Treatments in Rats: Comparison of Short and Long Treatments with Diazepam and Lorazepam.
July 1, 1999... BENZODIAZEPINES induce tolerance and physical dependence when administered chronically (Lader, 1994; Marriott and Tyrer, 1993; Woods et al., 1992). Development of physical dependence and withdrawal syndrome after the end of treatment is...

Development of Dosing Guidelines for Reaching Selected Target Breath Alcohol Concentrations.
July 1, 1999... ETHANOL ADMINISTRATION is used extensively in research in the psychophysical, forensic, genetic and pharmaceutical sciences. Although ethanol pharmacokinetics have been studied in considerable detail (Holford, 1987; Jones, 1993), it is...

Studies of Factors in Relapse to Alcohol, Drug and Nicotine Use: A Critical Review of Methodologies and Findings.
July 1, 1999... ONE OF THE MORE distressing problems in substance abuse treatment is the relatively high rate of relapse to alcohol, drug, or nicotine use following periods of abstinence. Although specific criteria for relapse or to differentiate relatively...