Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from May 1999

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from May 1999

Tobacco, alcohol and drug use in eight- to sixteen-year-old twins: the Virginia Twin Study of Adolescent Behavioral Development *.
May 1, 1999... ABSTRACT. Objective: This study reports prevalences of lifetime and current alcohol, tobacco and drug use in adolescents; examines associations between substance use and a number of putative risk factors; and estimates the contribution of...

The TWEAK: Application in a Prenatal Setting(*).
May 1, 1999... Improving the identification of alcohol use during pregnancy is particularly timely since the overall rate of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in 1993 (6.7 per 10,000) was more than six-fold higher than that in 1979 (1.0 per 10,000) (Centers for...

Alcohol Availability and Homicide in New Orleans: Conceptual Considerations for Small Area Analysis of the Effect of Alcohol Outlet Density(*).
May 1, 1999... Minimum drinking age laws and alcohol taxes are policy interventions that effectively prevent alcohol-related outcomes by limiting alcohol availability to groups of individuals (Cook and Moore, 1993; General Accounting Office, 1987; Moskowitz,...

Domestic Violence before and after Alcoholism Treatment: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study(*).
May 1, 1999... Domestic violence is a significant public health and mental health problem. One in six U.S. couples have an incident of physical assault each year (Straus and Gelles, 1986, 1990). Excessive alcohol use and alcoholism are associated with greater...

The Effects of a Cumulative Alcohol Dosing Procedure on Laboratory Aggression in Women and Men(*).
May 1, 1999... Numerous studies conducted throughout the years have indicated that alcohol is the drug most consistently linked to many types of aggressive and violent behaviors (Miczek et al., 1994). One major criticism of what research has been conducted to...

Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder among Alcoholic Inpatients(*).
May 1, 1999... The co-occurrence of alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder (APD) has been commonly reported across general population, incarcerated, and alcoholic samples (e.g., Helzer and Pryzbeck, 1988; Hesselbrock et al., 1985; Lewis et al., 1983)....

The DSM-IV Criteria for Adolescent Alcohol and Cannabis Use Disorders(*).
May 1, 1999... There has been a fairly steep rise in published clinical research regarding adolescent drug abuse problem severity characteristics, assessment instrumentation and treatment effectiveness (e.g., Catalano, et al., 1990-91; McLellan and Dembo,...

Alcohol Use and Psychosocial Well-Being among Older Adults(*).
May 1, 1999... Alcohol must be used with particular caution by older adults because they are more likely than young or middle-age adults to have health problems and to use medications that may increase the effects of alcohol. This need for caution might...

Adolescent Problem Drinking: Stability of Psychosocial and Behavioral Correlates across a Generation(*).
May 1, 1999... Over the past 20 years or so, there have been numerous changes in U.S. society. Of greatest relevance for the current study are the trends in alcohol and drug use among adolescents that have been monitored since 1975 by the Institute for Survey...

Alcohol-Specific Socialization, Parenting Behaviors and Alcohol Use by Children(*).
May 1, 1999... There are important reasons to study the relations between parenting behaviors and alcohol use by children. First, there is evidence that initiation of alcohol use during childhood increases risk of alcohol abuse during adolescence (Barnes and...

Wives' Convergence with Their Husbands' Alcohol Use: Social Conditions as Mediators(*).
May 1, 1999... Spouses are likely to their behavior reciprocally, especially in the case of health-related behaviors (Sallis and Nader, 1988; Zimmerman and Connor, 1989). With regard to drinking, a strong association between spouses' drinking patterns has...

Changes in Alcohol Consumption Patterns Following the Introduction of Credit Cards in Ontario Liquor Stores(*).
May 1, 1999... In 1994, regulatory changes were introduced permitting the purchase of alcoholic beverages with credit cards at liquor stores in Ontario, Canada. These changes were rationalized on the grounds of providing more convenient services to customers;...

Alcohol Availability and Workplace Drinking: Mixed Method Analyses(*).
May 1, 1999... A growing body of evidence suggests that some workers show higher rates of alcohol consumption (Mandell et al., 1992), drink more during working hours (Barnes and Welte, 1988; Bray et al., 1991) and report more alcohol-related work problems...

A Frequency and Content Analysis of Alcohol Advertising on Brazilian Television.
May 1, 1999... In Brazil, abusive use of alcoholic beverages is a public health problem. For instance, a survey revealed that 95% of 67,478 patients hospitalized for drug problems had been diagnosed as being dependent on alcohol (Carlini and Carlini-Cotrim,...

The Drunkest Drinking Driver in Sweden: Blood Alcohol Concentration 0.545% w/v.
May 1, 1999... Many Textbooks and review articles devoted to forensic medicine and pathology report that the blood ethanol concentration (BAC) necessary to cause death is between 0.300-0.400% w/v (Knight, 1991; Simpson, 1952). Similar values have been...

Factors Associated with Planned Avoidance of Alcohol-Impaired Driving in High-Risk Men(*).
May 1, 1999... Driving after consuming excessive amounts of alcohol is a significant public health problem among young men in the United States. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in people under 34 years of age, and a significant portion of...

Muscle Performance in Detoxified Alcoholics(*).
May 1, 1999... Muscle tissue disease (myopathy) is a medical problem now recognized sometimes to have roots in excessive alcohol consumption (Ekbom et al., 1964; Hed et al., 1962; Perkoff et al., 1967). Histological abnormalities (necrotic myofibrils) often...

Suicidal Ideation among the United States Drinking Population: Results from the National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey.
May 1, 1999... Many investigators have attempted to characterize persons who commit suicide or have attempted suicide. Data on risk factors for suicide and attempted suicide have been obtained from psychological autopsy studies of suicide victims, interviews...

Alcohol: Minimising the Harm. What Work's?(Review)
May 1, 1999... Alcohol: Minimising the Harm. What Works? by Martin Plant, Eric Single and Tim Stockwell (Eds.). London: Free Association Books Ltd, 1997, 281 + xii pages, $55.00 (cloth), $22.00 (paper). The concept of harm minimization has been applied...

Women and Alcohol: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives.(Review)
May 1, 1999... Women and Alcohol: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives, by Moira Plant. London: Free Association Books Ltd, 1997, 388 +xii pages, $49.50 (cloth), $22.50 (paper). This is a broad text that covers alcohol use, problems, prevention and...

Alcohol and the Community: A Systems Approach to Prevention.(Review)
May 1, 1999... Alcohol and the Community: A Systems Approach to Prevention, by H. D. Holder. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 183 + xiii pages, $64.95 (cloth). How can alcohol-related problems be prevented? Much has been written on this...