Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from November 1998

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from November 1998

Recalling the Birth of Alcohol Science.
November 1, 1998... OCTOBER 1998 marks the 60th anniversary of a significant event in the history of alcohol problems in the United States--namely, the launching of a major initiative arguing that science, per se, rather than the political process should be given...

Age, Cohort and Period Effects on Alcohol Consumption and Problem Drinking: Findings from the Normative Aging Study(*).(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1998... The relationship between alcohol consumption and age is complex. While the traditional finding is that alcohol consumption decreases with age, this is empirically supported primarily by cross-sectional studies, which compare different age...

Underemployment and Alcohol Misuse in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth(*).(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1998... This study explores the link between employment status and alcohol misuse. Although alcoholism appears to have a substantial genetic component (Jang et al., 1995; Koopmans and Boomsma, 1996), this inherited disposition is thought to interact...

Trends in Alcohol Consumption Patterns among Whites, Blacks and Hispanics: 1984 and 1995.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1998... Over the past several years, there has been an overall decline in alcohol consumption in the United States. Per capita consumption dropped from 2.76 gallons in 1981 to 2.21 gallons in 1994 (Williams et al., 1996). Recent analyses of national...

The Differential Role of Alcohol Expectancies and Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy in Problem and Nonproblem Drinkers(*).(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1998... Expectations about the effects of alcohol (alcohol expectancies) and one's perceived ability to resist drinking (drinking refusal self-efficacy) are an integral part of social learning formulations of alcohol use and misuse. Drinking...