Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from September 1999

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from September 1999

Effects of Alcohol Consumption and Accompanying Diet on Metabolic Response to Arginine in Chronic Alcoholics.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... IN CHRONIC ALCOHOLICS the secretion of glucagon plays an important role, since the ratio of insulin to glucagon can either modify hepatic metabolism (Parrilla, et al., 1974) or influence hepatic regeneration (Baker, et al., 1981; Farivar, et...

Hippocampal to Pituitary Volume Ratio: A Specific Measure of Reciprocal Neuroendocrine Alterations in Alcohol Dependence(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... IN CONSIDERING the endocrine alterations in major depressive disorder, we noted reports of pituitary enlargement and hypercortisolemia (Musselman and Nemeroff, 1996). Animal studies suggest chronic hypercortisolemia may be especially toxic to...

Characteristics of Alcohol Dependent Subjects with Very Elevated Levels of Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT)(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE (GGT) is a glycoprotein that catalyzes the transfer of the [Gamma]-glutamyl group of glutathione to amino acids, dipeptides, and glutathione itself, and catalyzes the hydrolysis of glutathione to glutamate and...

Impact of Social Influences and Problem Behavior on Alcohol Use among Inner-City Hispanic and Black Adolescents(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS continue to be a critical public health issue in the United States. Black and Hispanic individuals may be at higher risk than other ethnic groups. Black men in particular have high rates of alcohol-related illnesses...

Problem Drinking from Young Adulthood to Adulthood: Patterns, Predictors and Outcomes(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... HEAVY AND PROBLEM drinking by young adults have been described as reaching epidemic proportions (Engs and Hanson, 1988; Meilman et al., 1990). Studies find that 10-25% of college students engage in heavy or problem drinking (Barnes et al.,...

Drinking-Driving and Riding with Drunk Drivers among Young Adults: An Analysis of Reciprocal Effects(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... THE MAJORITY OF RESEARCH addressing drinking-driving (DD) and riding with drunk drivers (RWDD) has employed a similar overall design and has viewed DD and RWDD as two separate, distinct behaviors. Findings indicate that drinking-driving and...

Sensation Seeking and Drug Use by Adolescents and Their Friends: Models for Marijuana and Alcohol(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... THIS ARTICLE grows out of research addressing means of identifying a substantial portion of young people presumably at high risk of becoming drug users--adolescents and young adults with a high need for stimulation--and addressing their needs...

Mothers' Alcohol and Other Drug Problems and Their Punitiveness toward Their Children(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... THERE IS a fairly substantive body of research that describes the potential negative effects on children's lives when parents have alcohol or other drug (AOD) problems (Magura and Laudet, 1996; Steinhausen, 1995; Velleman, 1992a). These...

Gender Differences in Drinking Restraint.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... RESTRAINT is a relatively new cognitive construct that as been shown to be related to substance misuse and maintenance of addictive behaviors; most recently, alcohol use and misuse (Bensley, 1989, 1991; Bensley et al., 1988, 1990; Collins,...

Alcohol Consumption and Divorce Rates in the United States.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... A SIZABLE NUMBER of empirical studies have found support for the relationship between marital status and alcohol use. Findings from national cross-section surveys indicate that married persons drink less than those who are either separated,...

The Impact of Sociodemographics, Comorbidity and Symptom Recency on Health-Related Quality of Life in Alcoholics(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... HEALTH-RELATED quality of life (HRQL) is an outcome measure that focuses on the individual's perception of health and the impact of disease status on normal daily functioning. HRQL for alcoholics is often impaired both during periods of heavy...

Drinking Patterns in the American Deep South(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... CULTURAL DIFFERENCES in alcohol use are an undoubted social fact (Bales, 1946; Room, 1976). These differences exist not only between particular social groups but between regions (Hilton, 1988). In the United States, for example, the South has...

A Cluster Analysis of Alcohol-Related Attitudes and Behaviors in the General Population.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... VARIOUS TYPOLOGIES characterizing alcohol abusers have been developed and their implications for clinical interventions explored (Annis and Graham, 1995; Epstein et al., 1995; Morey et al., 1984; Snowden et al., 1986). However, equivalent...

Reinforcement of a Behavioral Standard Modifies Individual Differences under Alcohol(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (CNS) depressants, like alcohol and benzodiazepines, often increase performance variability (Irving and Jones, 1992; Nicholson et al., 1992), whereas CNS stimulants, like amphetamine and methylphenidate, often decrease...

Enhancing Alcohol Problem Recognition: A Self-Regulation Model for the Effects of Self-Focusing and Normative Information(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... ALCOHOL MISUSE, including episodic heavy drinking, continues to be a serious problem at American colleges and has negative consequences on both health and behavior (Schuckit et al., 1994; Wechsler et al., 1994), as well as secondary negative...

Drinking to Cope with Negative Affect and DSM-IV Alcohol Use Disorders: A Test of Three Alternative Explanations(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... INDIVIDUALS conceptualize their alcohol use in different ways and report drinking for different reasons. These reasons vary along several dimensions that include: coping with negative affect, social facilitation, the enhancement of positive...

Screening for Alcohol Problems in the U.S. General Population: A Comparison of the CAGE and TWEAK by Gender, Ethnicity, and Services Utilization(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... A NUMBER OF relatively short screening instruments have been developed for use in clinical populations to identify alcohol dependence or alcohol abuse/harmful drinking. The validity of these instruments, based on diagnostic criteria...

Cross-Validation of the Temptation Coping Questionnaire: Adolescent Coping with Temptations to Use Alcohol and Illicit Drugs(*).(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 1999... TO DATE, much of the research examining the role of coping in the development of adolescent alcohol and other drug use and abuse has focused on stress-coping. In contrast, few studies have explored adolescent responses in the face of...

Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence, by W.A. Vega and A.G. Gil. New York: Plenum Press, 1998, 234 + xviii pages, $42.50 (cloth). This volume has two general goals. The first is to present a comprehensive review of the field of...

Drinking Patterns and Their Consequences.(Review)
September 1, 1999... Drinking Patterns and Their Consequences, by Marcus Grant and Jorge Litvak (Eds.): Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis, 1998, 305 + xi pages, $49.95 (cloth). This book is the outcome of an editorial advisory group meeting convened by the...