Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from March 2006

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from March 2006

Marital status, alcohol dependence, and GABRA2: evidence for gene-environment correlation and interaction *.
March 1, 2006... DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED in identifying genes influencing complex behavioral disorders, an increasing number of genes are now being identified as contributing to an individual's risk for alcohol dependence (Dick and Foroud, 2003). An...

Maturing out of alcohol dependence: the impact of transitional life events *.
March 1, 2006... NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE DOCUMENTED surprisingly high rates of recovery from alcohol dependence in general population samples, often achieved in the absence of any formal treatment. A substantial proportion of this recovery takes the form of a...

High- and low-dose expectancies as mediators of personality dimensions and alcohol involvement *.
March 1, 2006... HEAVY DRINKING IN COLLEGE IS associated with numerous consequences (e.g., Abbey, 2002; Donovan and McEwan, 1995; Perkins, 2002; Scott et al., 1999) and is a significant problem on U.S. college campuses. Examinations of factors that may...

An evaluation of the level of response to alcohol, externalizing symptoms, and depressive symptoms as predictors of alcoholism *.
March 1, 2006... A COMPLEX PATTERN OF GENETIC, cultural, and additional environmental influences combine to produce heavier drinking and alcohol-related problems, including alcohol-use disorders (AUDs; Jacob et al., 2001; McGue, 1997; Schuckit, 2002; Zucker et...

Opioid substitution treatment reduces substance use equivalently in patients with and without posttraumatic stress disorder *.
March 1, 2006... POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses among substance-use disorder (SUD) patients, both in Veterans Health Administration medical centers and in community programs. Reported prevalence of PTSD in...

Traditional practices, traditional spirituality, and alcohol cessation among American Indians *.
March 1, 2006... THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL misuse and dependence are well documented as an important public health issue among American Indians (Centers for Disease Control, 2001; May, 1994; May and Gossage, 2001). Rates of preventable deaths among...

Alcohol use by pregnant women: partners, knowledge, and other predictors *.
March 1, 2006... ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL IS the recommendation of the United States Surgeon General, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to pregnant and preconceptional women (Office of the Surgeon...

Gender differences among young drivers in the association between high-risk driving and substance use/environmental influences *.
March 1, 2006... MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES ARE A MAJOR source of morbidity and mortality for young adults, accounting for nearly three quarters of U.S. unintentional injury deaths in 2002 among persons ages 15-24 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005)....

The efficacy of experimental interventions designed to reduce drinking among designated drivers *.
March 1, 2006... IN THE UNITED STATES, CHANGES in public policy, increased law enforcement, responsible-server training, media attention, and education have reduced alcohol-impaired driving and alcohol-related traffic fatalities (Shults et al., 2001; Wechsler...

Do we learn from our mistakes? An examination of the impact of negative alcohol-related consequences on college students' drinking patterns and perceptions *.
March 1, 2006... HEAVY EPISODIC DRINKING AND alcohol-related consequences continue to be a problem on our nation's college campuses (O'Malley and Johnston, 2002). Several studies have examined the extent to which drinking affects college students and have found...

Misperceptions of college student marijuana use: implications for prevention *.
March 1, 2006... MARIJUANA IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED illicit drug among college students, with approximately 25%-30% of undergraduates using in the past year and 16% using in the past month (Bell et al., 1997; Gledhill-Hoyt et al., 2000; Globetti et al., 1994;...

Event- and context-specific normative misperceptions and high-risk drinking: 21st birthday celebrations and football tailgating *.
March 1, 2006... ALCOHOL-RELATED NEGATIVE consequences experienced by college students typically result from acute drinking episodes during specific events or in specific contexts (e.g., hangover after a party or a fight at a football game), rather than being...

Normative misperceptions and temporal precedence of perceived norms and drinking *.
March 1, 2006... DESCRIPTIVE SOCIAL NORMS have been pervasively incorporated in adolescent and college student alcohol interventions based on two key relationships: (1) perceived norms are typically higher than actual norms, and (2) perceived norms are...

Prevention of deaths from harmful drinking in the united states: the potential effects of tax increases and advertising bans on young drinkers *.
March 1, 2006... AN ESTIMATED 63,718 PEOPLE died of causes attributable to alcohol in 2000, making harmful drinking one of the leading causes of death in the United States (Rivara et al., 2004b). These deaths are related to heavy episodic drinking as well as...

Evaluating two brief substance-use interventions for mandated college students *.
March 1, 2006... SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE FREQUENCY and quantity of alcohol and marijuana use occur during the transition from high school to college (Bachman et al., 1997). This transition puts students at risk for problematic substance use because of the...

Collecting data on alcohol use and alcohol-related victimization: a comparison of telephone and Web-based survey methods *.
March 1, 2006... THE MODE OF DATA COLLECTION chosen for an individual research study is dictated by a number of factors and constraints, including sensitivity of the topic, cost, time, available resources, and target population. Web-based surveys have increased...

The introduction of the heavy and frequent drinker: a proposed classification to increase accuracy of alcohol assessments in postsecondary educational settings *.
March 1, 2006... IN THE FIELD OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG misuse prevention, the classification of high-risk drinking has typically been the focus of risk reduction efforts because of its correlation to high-risk and dangerous behavior. High-risk drinking has...

A within-subjects validation of a group-administered timeline followback for alcohol use *.
March 1, 2006... THE TIMELINE FOLLOWBACK (TLFB; Sobell and Sobell, 1992) is a popular alcohol consumption assessment tool used by clinicians and researchers. The TLFB is a calendar of 1-3 months that provides visual cues to aid persons in retrospective recall...