Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from May 2003

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from May 2003

Unsafe driving by high school seniors: national trends from 1976 to 2001 in tickets and accidents after use of alcohol, marijuana and other illegal drugs *.
May 1, 2003... IT IS WELL RECOGNIZED that driving after drinking is a major problem among American youth, and there is a considerable literature about the extent of driving after drinking and about the characteristics of youths who are most at risk for...

Influence of language abilities and alcohol expectancies on the persistence of heavy drinking in youth *.
May 1, 2003... THE RELATIONSHIP between adolescent alcohol and drug use and neuropsychological functioning is considered bidirectional. While protracted heavy alcohol or drug use is linked to poorer neuropsychological functioning in youths (Brown et al.,...

Field assessment of BAC data to study late-night college drinking *.
May 1, 2003... THE STUDY OF COLLEGE STUDENT alcohol use has relied heavily on the analysis of self-report survey data. The advantages of this approach are that data can be collected from representative samples to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use in the...

Descriptive and injunctive norms in college drinking: a meta-analytic integration *.
May 1, 2003... IN THE LAST DECADE, the "social norms approach" to reducing excessive alcohol use on college campuses has enjoyed a swell of support (DeJong and Linkenbach, 1999; Keeling, 2000). This approach posits that the majority of students overestimate...

Alcohol use and related harm among older adolescents treated in an emergency department: the importance of alcohol status and college status *.
May 1, 2003... RATES OF HEAVY EPISODIC DRINKING (five or more drinks per occasion for men and four or more drinks per occasion for women) are higher for older adolescents and young adults than for any other age group (Substance Abuse and Mental Health...

The risk of intentional injury with acute and chronic alcohol exposures: a case-control and case-crossover study *.
May 1, 2003... INJURIES are major sources of morbidity and mortality (McCaig and Burt, 2001), and many are associated with alcohol use (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA], 2000a). Case-control and case-crossover studies have examined...

A population-based case-crossover and case-control study of alcohol and the risk of injury *.
May 1, 2003... ALCOHOL AND INJURY are associated (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2000), but the relative contributions of short- and long-term alcohol exposures remain unclear. Few studies have measured both. At one level, the issue is...

A ten-year follow-up of older former problem drinkers: risk of relapse and implications of successfully sustained remission *.
May 1, 2003... THE NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS with a history of problem drinking is expected to rise as the large post-WWII birth cohort attains older adulthood. Little is known, however, about the implications of earlier drinking problems for older adults who...

Alcoholic men endorse more DSM-IV withdrawal symptoms than alcoholic women matched in drinking history *.
May 1, 2003... MEN AND WOMEN differ in patterns of drinking and alcohol-related social and behavioral problems. In general, women start drinking at a later age, drink less per occasion, report fewer negative socioeconomic and legal consequences (Schuckit et...

The effect of daily alcohol intake on breath alcohol concentrations of postmenopausal women after a bolus dose.
May 1, 2003... STUDIES HAVE SHOWN that habitual alcohol intake influences the kinetics of alcohol clearance in humans (Kater et al., 1969; Mumenthaler et al., 2000; Salaspuro and Lieber, 1978; Ugarte et al., 1972; Whitfield and Martin, 1994). These studies...

Women and acquired preparedness: personality and learning implications for alcohol use *.
May 1, 2003... THIS REPORT describes a cross-sectional correlational test of the acquired preparedness model of risk for alcohol abuse among women. The acquired preparedness model The acquired preparedness model of alcohol use is one effort to...

Saturday opening of alcohol retail shops in Sweden: an impact analysis *.
May 1, 2003... SWEDEN HAS A LONG HISTORY of restrictive alcohol policy, including strict regulation of sales hours. In February 2000, however, sales hours were extended from 5 to 6 days per week by allowing the Alcohol monopoly stores in certain parts of the...

The role of drinking in suicidal ideation: analyses of Project MATCH data *.
May 1, 2003... ALTHOUGH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE is a potent risk factor for suicide (Harris and Barraclough, 1997), only about 7% of alcoholics commit suicide (Inskip et al., 1998). It is therefore important to identify factors that distinguish alcoholics at...

A failed norms social marketing campaign *.
May 1, 2003... IN RECENT YEARS there has been much interest in students' misperception of drinking norms as they relate to high-risk drinking behaviors. The prevalence of heavy drinking and its attendant consequences among college students across the U.S....

Seasonal variation in self-reports of recent alcohol consumption: racial and ethnic differences *.
May 1, 2003... RECENT RESEARCH has demonstrated that people are much more likely to report recent alcohol consumption (relative to the overall odds) if they are interviewed in January (Cho et al., 2001). This "January effect" is observed for self-reports of...

The moderating effect of alcohol intake on the relationship between work strains and psychological distress *.
May 1, 2003... CONTRARY TO the saying "work is good for your health," several studies have revealed that the level of strains one may experience at work is predictive of the level of psychological distress and of alcohol abuse (Ames et al., 1987, 1997; Frone,...

Factor analysis of the alcohol expectancy questionnaire in a middle-aged community sample *.
May 1, 2003... RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS in the alcohol field are increasingly concerned about alcohol expectancies, that is, people's subjective expectations about the outcomes of drinking alcohol. Several measures have been developed to assess alcohol...

Psychometric properties of the drinking expectancy questionnaire: a review of the factor structure and a proposed new scoring method.
May 1, 2003... ACCORDING TO EXPECTANCY THEORY (Goldman et al., 1999; Jones et al., 2001), beliefs about the effects of alcohol (alcohol expectancies) develop from childhood and influence one's decision to drink--and how to drink--throughout one's lifetime....

Trauma and Substance Abuse: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of Comorbid Disorders.(Book Review)
May 1, 2003... by Paige Ouimette and Pamela J. Brown (Eds.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2003, 315 + xii pages, $39.95 (cloth). It was with great interest that I opened this book and a glance at the table of contents and author...

Correspondence.(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2003... Dear Editor: This letter presents important revisions to our article, "The Average Ethanol Content of Beer in the U.S. and Individual States: Estimates for Use in Aggregate Consumption Statistics," published in the January 2003 issue of...