Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from September 2001

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from September 2001

John Anthony Carpenter: an appreciation 1924-2001.(Obituary)
September 1, 2001... JOHN ANTHONY (TONY) CARPENTER, professor emeritus at Rutgers University and former director of the Center of Alcohol Studies, died on February 27, 2001, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 76, and lived in Tilghman, Maryland. Tony Carpenter was born...

Editor's corner: too much of a good thing.
September 1, 2001... This editorial is dedicated to my friend and colleague, Tony Carpenter, who served as Editor and then Editor Emeritus for the Journal of Studies on Alcohol. He was a marvelous teacher who dedicated a significant portion of his life to helping...

Alcohol and pregnancy: highlights from three decades of research *.
September 1, 2001... Historical Overview THERE IS EVIDENCE to show that the dangers of drinking during pregnancy have been suspected throughout history (Warner and Rosett, 1975). One of the earliest examples cited is from the biblical book of Judges (13:3-5)....

Auditory P3 findings in mission Indian youth *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** ALTHOUGH TRIBES DIFFER with regard to the use of alcohol, the U.S. Indian Health Service has cited alcoholism as the most urgent health problem facing Native Americans (U.S. Indian Health Service, 1977, 1982). Epidemiological...

Effects of alcoholism, anxiety and depression on P300 in women: a pilot study *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** INDIVIDUALS characterized by a history of problem drinking, or heightened levels of anxiety or depression, are at increased risk for injuries and accidents both in and outside the home (Adebayo, 1991; Deery and Fildes, 1999;...

Short-term course of drinking in an untreated sample of at-risk drinkers *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** MANY STUDIES have looked at the long-term (i.e., over a period of several years or more) course of drinking in adults and adolescents. Findings from these studies indicate that drinking increases rapidly in youth and declines...

Associations between marital status and alcohol consumption in a longitudinal study of female twins *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** PRIOR RESEARCH supports an association between marital status and alcohol consumption. Cross-sectional epidemiological U.S. studies consistently find that married men and women drink less than those who are single or divorced...

Effects of two types of brief intervention and readiness to change on alcohol use in hazardous drinkers *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (1990) report on the treatment of alcohol problems brought increased recognition in the United States of the need to address the treatment needs of the hazardous (drinking that is associated with risk...

Victim impact panels: do they impact drunk drivers? A follow-up of female and male, first-time and repeat offenders *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** VICTIM IMPACT PANELS (VIPs) were initiated by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in 1982, and have been widely used by the U.S. judicial system as an intervention for convicted drunk drivers. VIPs are designed to have an...

Impact of alcohol education and training on general practitioners' diagnostic and management skills: findings from a World Health Organization collaborative study *.
September 1, 2001... ********** EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION is a major cause of health and social problems and loss of economic productivity worldwide (Anderson et al., 1993). Indeed, alcohol-related problems have achieved international prominence as health...

Spatial dynamics of alcohol availability, neighborhood structure and violent crime.
September 1, 2001... ********** ECOLOGICAL STUDIES of the relationship between structural characteristics of neighborhoods and violent crime in the United States can be traced back at least to the classic studies of Shaw and McKay (Bursik, 1988; Shaw and...

"Getting by (or Getting High) with a little help from my friends": an examination of adult alcoholics' friendships *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS play an important role in the attainment and maintenance of health. Researchers have devoted most of their attention to the influence of social support on positive health outcomes (e.g., Cohen and...

Alcohol effects on inhibitory and activational response strategies in the acquisition of alcohol and other reinforcers: priming the motivation to drink *.
September 1, 2001... ********** EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION might occur because the initial drink reinforces or "primes" continued alcohol intake (e.g., Ludwig et al., 1974; Marlatt and Gordon, 1980). In laboratory studies of humans, the typical priming...

Individual differences in temptation and responses to alcohol cues *.
September 1, 2001... ********** FOR THOSE WHO CHRONICALLY attempt to moderate their substance use, the struggle of self-regulation is often experienced as an ongoing battle between temptation to use and efforts to control. Efforts to characterize this...

Explaining unexpected gender differences in hostility among persons seeking treatment for substance use disorders *.
September 1, 2001... ********** IN THE GENERAL POPULATION, gender differences in psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses are well-established (Kohn et al., 1998; Maccoby and Jacklin, 1974, 1980; Rosenfield, 1999). The most widely known is that depression...

Cognition, negative affectivity and substance use in adolescent boys with and without a family history of a substance use disorder *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** ADOLESCENTS WITH A POSITIVE family history (FHP) of a substance use disorder (SUD) are at high risk for the development of an SUD compared with their family history negative (FHN) counterparts (Cloninger, 1987; Goodwin, 1979;...

Assessment of alcohol tolerance in adolescents *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** TOLERANCE REFERS TO an acquired need for a larger dose to obtain the same effect, or to a decrease in drug effect at the same dose. Tolerance can lead to higher levels of consumption in order to obtain the same magnitude of...

The role of religion in predicting adolescent alcohol use and problem drinking.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE among adolescents is disturbingly high, and recent national survey data suggest that substance use among adolescents may be increasing (Corwyn et al., 1997; Gfroerer, 1996; Johnson et al., 1996). This...

Alcohol and gambling pathology among U.S. adults: prevalence, demographic patterns and comorbidity *.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... ********** ALTHOUGH GAMBLING OPPORTUNITIES have been increasing in recent years, there has been only one recent survey to assess gambling pathology in the United States. Pathological gamblers are persons who cannot control their gambling...