Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from May 2005

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from May 2005

Adolescent-to-young adulthood heavy drinking trajectories and their prospective predictors *.
May 1, 2005... EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES of heavy alcohol use (e.g., frequency of heavy drinking [HD], times high or drunk from alcohol) have consistently shown that, at the aggregate level, rates of HD begin to increase in early adolescence, steadily increase...

Examining personality and alcohol expectancies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) with adolescents *.
May 1, 2005... ETIOLOGICAL MODELS for alcohol-use disorders have traditionally proposed trait and cognitive explanations for initiation, maintenance and abuse/dependence. Within that framework, temperament and personality models have often focused on trait...

Cue reactivity in adolescents: measurement of separate approach and avoidance reactions *.
May 1, 2005... NUMEROUS THEORISTS have observed that repeated drinking or drug use in the presence of specific environmental stimuli, or cues, can lead to a set of conditioned responses when in the presence of those stimuli, responses that can be called cue...

Coping motives as a moderator of daily mood-drinking covariation *.
May 1, 2005... MOTIVES HAVE BEEN DEFINED as the "final common pathway to alcohol use" by Cox and Klinger (1988; p. 168). Among the motives identified as driving drinking behavior, drinking to cope (DTC) with negative emotions is most predictive of problematic...

Alcohol cue reactivity in alcohol-dependent adolescents *.
May 1, 2005... ADOLESCENT AND ADULT ALCOHOLICS differ in several ways--most notably, alcohol dependence for adolescents coincides with important social, cognitive and physical developmental processes. Other differences include the fact that compared with...

Alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care settings: implementation models and predictors *.
May 1, 2005... AT-RISK DRINKING--consumption of beverage alcohol in amounts or ways that increase the probability of medical, behavioral and social problems--is prevalent among patients presenting to primary health care (Anderson et al., 1993; Cleary et al.,...

Is alcohol assessment therapeutic? Pretreatment change in drinking among alcohol-dependent women *.
May 1, 2005... PARTICIPANTS IN TREATMENT OUTCOME studies on alcohol problems typically undergo extensive assessment protocols to assess eligibility and to provide descriptive and predictive data before beginning therapy sessions. Changes in alcohol...

A multicountry controlled trial of strategies to promote dissemination and implementation of brief alcohol intervention in primary health care: findings of a World Health Organization collaborative study *.
May 1, 2005... ALCOHOL AS A RISK FACTOR accounts for 4% of the burden of disease worldwide, as measured by disability-adjusted life years. The burden of disease is greater for men than for women and is more evident in developed countries, in which alcohol is...

Brief physician advice for problem drinking among older adults: an economic analysis of costs and benefits *.
May 1, 2005... WITH THE PROPORTION of elderly individuals in the United States continually rising, an important aspect of health care for this rapidly growing population is the prevention of alcohol-related health problems. Natural changes in body composition...

Functioning, problem behavior and health services use among nursing home residents with alcohol-use disorders: nationwide data from the VA minimum data set *.
May 1, 2005... AT LEAST HALF OF ALL ADULTS ages 65 and older can expect to use nursing home services at some time in their lives (Murtaugh et al., 1990). Thus, many older adults who have drinking problems will require nursing home care. Currently, the rate of...

Initial Depression and Subsequent Drinking during Alcoholism Treatment *.
May 1, 2005... INDIVIDUALS IN TREATMENT for alcoholism have high rates of depression (Helzer and Przybeck, 1988), and depression can be a motivating factor in seeking treatment (Wu et al., 1999). The rapid remission of depressive symptoms upon the initiation...

Is there a relationship between victim and partner alcohol use during an intimate partner violence event? Findings from an urban emergency department study of abused women *.
May 1, 2005... MISUSE OF ALCOHOL and other drugs has been associated with an increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration and victimization in primary care and emergency department (ED) studies (Brokaw et al., 2002; Coker et al., 2000; Ernst...

A further examination of gender differences in alcohol-related aggression *.
May 1, 2005... THERE IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED relationship between acute alcohol consumption and aggressive behavior (Bushman and Cooper, 1990; Chermack and Giancola, 1997; Ito et al., 1996). Survey studies have implicated alcohol in a variety of aggressive...

Predictors of completion status in a remedial program for male convicted drinking drivers *.
May 1, 2005... SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES that remedial or rehabilitative programs for convicted drinking drivers are effective in reducing subsequent recidivism and collisions (DeYoung, 1997; Mann et al., 1988; Wells-Parker et al., 1995). However,...

Cross-national performance of the RAPS4/RAPS4-QF for tolerance and heavy drinking: data from 13 countries *.
May 1, 2005... A NUMBER OF BRIEF SCREENING INSTRUMENTS have been developed for identifying alcohol-use disorders in clinical settings (Bradley et al., 1998). These instruments, however, have not been evaluated cross-nationally, with the exception of the AUDIT...

Can the short index of problems (SIP) be improved? Validity and reliability of the three-month SIP in an emergency department sample *.
May 1, 2005... MILLER ET AL. (1995) developed the Drinker Inventory of Consequences (DrInC) to assess alcohol-related problems independent of alcohol consumption and dependence. The 50-item DrInC consists of 45 items that measure self-reported alcohol-related...

"Binge" drinking and blood alcohol concentration.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
May 1, 2005... Dear Editor: We read with interest the study by Beirness et al. (2004), which reported on the recent drinking history and blood alcohol concentrations in a convenience sample of college students. Although the authors suggest otherwise, we...