Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from July 2001

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from July 2001

Polymorphisms of the CCK, CCKAR and CCKBR Genes: An Association with Alcoholism Study(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... IMMUNO- AND HISTOCHEMICAL studies have revealed that dopaminergic neurons play an important role in several regions of the central nervous system (CNS) (e.g., the basal ganglia, nucleus accumbens, central nucleus of the amygdala, olfactory...

Influence of the Menstrual Cycle on Flight Simulator Performance after Alcohol Ingestion(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED the effects of menstrual cycle and hormonal fluctuations on flight simulator performance after alcohol ingestion. Alcohol is a commonly consumed drag, and civilian pilots show a similar drinking pattern to that found in...

Interviewers' and Respondents' Effects on Self-Reported Alcohol Consumption in a Swiss Health Survey(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... ALCOHOL SURVEYS are generally subject to different kinds of error. One source of error is often overlooked, especially in alcohol research: the effect of interviewers on respondents' answers to survey questions (for an overview of survey...

Alcohol Drinking Patterns among Jewish and Arab Men and Women in Israel(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... ISRAELI SOCIETY comprises primarily two coexisting cultural groups or "nationalities": Jewish (about 5 million) and Arab (about 1 million) citizens. The Arab population is predominantly Muslim (approximately 75%); 17% are Christian and 8%...

Drinking Patterns among Hispanic Adolescents: Results from a National Household Survey(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... AS ONE OF THE FASTEST growing racial/ethnic groups, Hispanics are expected to eclipse blacks as the largest minority group before the year 2010. Young people comprise a larger proportion of the Hispanic population, which has a median age of 26...

Heavy Drinking from the Freshman Year into Early Young Adulthood: The Roles of Stress, Tension-Reduction Drinking Motives, Gender and Personality(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... DURING LATE ADOLESCENCE and early young adulthood, heavy drinking levels are quite high, especially among college students (Johnston et al., 1995; Midanik and Clark, 1994; Prendergast, 1994). This behavior is troubling, particularly given the...

Alcohol Consumption and Health-Promoting Behavior in a U.S. Household Sample: Leisure-Time Physical Activity.(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... EVIDENCE FOR ALCOHOL-ASSOCIATED reduction in coronary heart disease (CHD) risk is compelling. When CHD deaths of nondrinkers were compared with CHD deaths of drinkers of increasing amounts of alcohol, a U-or J-shaped curve consistently typified...

Correlates of Unpredicted Outcomes in Sons of Alcoholics and Controls(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... A LARGE NUMBER of characteristics have been reported to relate to the development of alcohol abuse and dependence (Schuckit, in press). Many of these attributes are genetically influenced, and combine to explain an estimated 60% of the variance...

Gender Differences in the Prediction of Problem Alcohol Use in Adulthood: Exploring the Influence of Family Factors and Childhood Maltreatment(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... THERE IS CONTINUED INTEREST in the etiology of problem alcohol use and its relationship to early dysfunctional family histories. It is possible that the interplay of a constellation of simultaneous influences in the childhood environment (e.g.,...

Personality Characteristics and Alcohol Consumption: Longitudinal Analyses in Men and Women Followed from Ages 13 to 32(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... THE SEARCH FOR etiologic factors of alcohol use is a rapidly developing scientific research field. Characteristics of personality may play a central role in the development of alcohol use and abuse (Cloninger, 1987; Zucker and Gomberg, 1986)....

Life Events and Alcohol Consumption among Mature Adults: A Longitudinal Analysis(*).
July 1, 2001... LIFE EVENTS both affect drinking and are affected by it. Stressful life events may affect patterns of alcohol use, abuse and dependence for several reasons. First, people may drink to relieve stress brought about by changing life circumstances...

DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence and Sustained Reduction in Drinking: Investigation in a Community Sample(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... ALCOHOL-RELATED MORBIDITY and mortality have long been significant problems in the United States. Alcohol-related traffic crashes and deaths from cirrhosis are among the most serious health consequences of excessive alcohol consumption, but...

Meta-Analysis of Social Relationships and Posttreatment Drinking Outcomes: Comparison of Relationship Structure, Function and Quality(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... IN RECENT YEARS, it has become common to address interpersonal as well as intrapersonal factors in alcoholism treatment programs (Institute of Medicine, 1990; Meyers and Smith, 1995; O'Farrell and Fals-Stewart, 1999), although information on...

Can Targeting Nondependent Problem Drinkers and Providing Internet-Based Services Expand Access to Assistance for Alcohol Problems? A Study of the Moderation Management Self-Help/Mutual Aid Organization(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... OVER THE LAST DECADE, a number of experts have called for the U.S. health care system to "broaden the base" of interventions for alcohol problems, and thereby serve a larger and more diverse segment of the population with alcohol problems...

Deficits in Recognition of Emotional Facial Expression Are Still Present in Alcoholics after Mid- to Long-Term Abstinence(*).(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2001... IN THE LAST DECADE, emotion has emerged as an avenue to the study of psychopathology (Philippot and Rime, 1998). Several components of emotion have been investigated in various mental disorders; alcohol dependency is one of these pathologies...

Alcohol: The Ambiguous Molecule.(Review)
July 1, 2001... Alcohol: The Ambiguous Molecule, by Griffith Edwards. London, England: Penguin Books Ltd, 2000, 230 + vii pages, 7.99 [pounds sterling] (paper). Throughout history alcohol has played a significant role in religious and social events and...

Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life.(Review)
July 1, 2001... Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life, by Devon Jersild. New York: Harper Collins, 2000, 380 + xv pages, $25.00 (cloth). This is a well-written book that interweaves the stories of 40 women recovering from alcohol dependence with a...