Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from May 2002

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from May 2002

Effect of acetaldehyde on acute tolerance and ethanol consumption in drinker and nondrinker rats.
May 1, 2002... A CETALDEHYDE, the reactive metabolite of ethanol, has been shown to display various actions in relation to ethanol consumption. Elevated blood acetaldehyde (ACH) concentrations are generally considered aversive and are the basis for treating...

Alcohol abuse and dependence among U.S. college students *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... THE USE AND MISUSE of alcohol among U.S. college students have received a great deal of attention during recent years. The specific practice of heavy episodic drinking by students, commonly referred to as "binge drinking," is now well known. It...

The impact of current residence and high school drinking on alcohol problems among college students *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... ALCOHOL USE BY COLLEGE STUDENTS continues to be a major social problem on college campuses. Recent national surveys indicate that college students who are male, white, younger in age, have never married, live in fraternity or sorority houses,...

Motivational structure and alcohol use of university students across four nations *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' USE OF ALCOHOL continues to be a matter of great concern (Baer et al., 1992; Carey, 1995; Cox and Blount, 1998; O'Hare, 1990). Many students drink excessive quantities of alcohol, and their common pattern of heavy episodic...

Reducing high-risk drinking by young Americans south of the border: the impact of a partial ban on sales of alcohol *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... ON A TYPICAL WEEKEND EVENING, up to 5,000 youths (younger than 21 years) and young adults (younger than 25 years) cross from San Diego, California, into Tijuana, Mexico, to drink, returning late at night to drive up to 60 miles or more to their...

Do adolescents affiliate with 12-step groups? A multivariate process model of effects *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... SELF-HELP GROUPS, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA), are commonly used by individuals to help with substance abuse problems. In the United States, for example, AA is the most commonly accessed source of help for an...

The importance of a positive family history of alcoholism, parental rejection and emotional warmth, behavioral problems and peer substance use for alcohol problems in teenagers: a path analysis *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... ALCOHOL USE IS WIDESPREAD among adolescents and young adults in Western countries (Federal Ministry of Health Germany, 1995). In the U.S., for example, 80% of tenth-grade students have tried alcohol, and one third reported an episode of heavy...

Beyond alcoholism: identifying older, at-risk drinkers in primary care. *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... WHILE HEAVY DRINKING TENDS to decline with age, as does alcohol dependence, alcohol use disorders are not uncommon among older adults (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2000), and the prevalence of these disorders among older...

Stability of alcohol consumption over time: evidence from three longitudinal surveys from the United States *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... ALCOHOL-RELATED EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, economic, medical and social research typically utilizes designs measuring alcohol consumption at only one measurement point, tacitly suggesting that consumption is relatively stable over time. Such an...

Environmental contexts surrounding resolution of drinking problems among problem drinkers with different help-seeking experiences *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... FEWER THAN 25% of individuals with drinking problems utilize intervention services, but some untreated persons nevertheless resolve their problems (Tucker, 2001). Resolutions clearly can occur in the absence of interventions, and existing...

Effect of news coverage on the prevalence of drunk-driving behavior: evidence from a longitudinal study.
May 1, 2002... DRUNK DRIVING (DD) IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN alcohol-related problem heavily targeted by health promotion efforts over the past two decades. Formally defined as the operation of a motor vehicle after consuming alcoholic beverages to a level of...

Concurrent and retrospective reports of alcohol consumption across 30, 90 and 366 days: interactive voice response compared with the timeline follow back *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... THE TIMELINE FOLLOW BACK (TLFB) method of collecting alcohol consumption data is the de facto standard in retrospective reporting (Sobell and Sobell, 1996). Developed initially in the 1970s, the TLFB has been used in both clinical and research...

Substance-induced and independent major depressive disorder in treatment-seeking alcoholics: associations with dysfunctional attitudes and coping *.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2002... THE COMORBIDITY OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE (AD) and depression has been well-documented in community samples (Grant and Harford, 1995; Helzer and Pryzbeck, 1988; Kessler et al., 1997; Regier et al., 1990). Among those with a history of AD, lifetime...

Alcohol consumption, setting, gender and activity as predictors of injury: a population-based case-control study.
May 1, 2002... THERE HAS BEEN an increased awareness in the alcohol field of the substantial contribution of acute alcohol-related harm to the overall burden of preventable disease, injury and illness in developed countries (World Health Organization, 2000)....

A comparison of alcohol-positive and alcohol-negative trauma patients. *.
May 1, 2002... IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED that healthcare providers screen trauma victims for the presence of an alcohol use disorder, perform an intervention and refer them for further assessment and treatment (Gentilello et al., 1988). Hospitalization for an...