Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from September 2002

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from September 2002

The relationship between two intermediate phenotypes for alcoholism: low voltage alpha EEG and low P300 ERP amplitude.
September 1, 2002... IT HAS BEEN PROPOSED that both the P300 event related potential (ERP) and low voltage alpha (LVA) resting electroencephalogram (EEG) are intermediate phenotypes for alcoholism (Enoch et al., 1999; Porjesz and Begleiter, 1998). P300 ERP and LVA...

Testosterone, 5[alpha]-dihydrotestosterone and cortisol in men with and without alcohol-related aggression *.
September 1, 2002... ALCOHOL IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH VIOLENCE, and the role of alcohol as a precipitating factor in domestic violence is well established (Brismar and Bergman, 1998; Chermack and Giancola, 1997; Straus and Gelles, 1986). Although past research has...

The effects of low [K.sub.m] aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) phenotype on drinking behavior in Japanese university students.
September 1, 2002... ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS result from complicated interactions among many physical (genetic), psychosocial and environmental factors (Ferguson and Goldberg, 1997; Fromme and Ruela, 1994; Hawkins et al., 1992). Important physical factors impact...

The role of amino-acid transmitters in the pathogenesis of delirium tremens: a brief report.
September 1, 2002... AMINO-ACID NEUROTRANSMITTERS play an important role in a variety of physiological functions. These include actions related to higher integrative functioning of the brain (e.g., emotions and behavior), thermoregulation and...

Atheists, agnostics and alcoholics anonymous *.
September 1, 2002... ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (AA) is the most popular mutual-help program for persons experiencing alcohol-related problems in the United States, and there is considerable evidence that AA participation can be beneficial for many individuals (e.g.,...

Randomized versus nonrandomized studies of alcohol treatment: participants, methodological features and posttreatment functioning *.
September 1, 2002... RANDOMIZED (R) TRIALS are widely acknowledged to be the most rigorous method to examine the comparative efficacy of treatments (Chambless and Hollon, 1998; Lohr and Carey, 1999). Random assignation of individuals to treatment conditions aims to...

Decline in alcohol consumption during two years of daily reporting *.
September 1, 2002... INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE (IVR) is an automated telephone system in which a caller listens to a series of scripted questions and responds using the telephone keypad. IVR is widely used in commercial enterprises to reduce personnel time....

Mailed personalized normative feedback as a brief intervention for at-risk college drinkers *.
September 1, 2002... FOR MANY YOUNG ADULTS, college is a time of experimentation with adult behaviors such as alcohol use. As many as 80% to 90% of college undergraduates drink alcohol (Haines and Spear, 1996), and 68% consider themselves moderate drinkers (Perkins...

The transition to marriage and changes in alcohol involvement among black couples and white couples *.
September 1, 2002... MARRIAGE IS KNOWN TO PROVIDE PROTECTION from a variety of physical and psychological problems, including heavy drinking, alcohol-related problems and alcoholism (Cahalan et al., 1969; Curran et al., 1998; Miller-Tutzauer et al., 1991; Temple et...

Drinking habits throughout the seasons of the year in the Spanish population *.
September 1, 2002... FOR SEVERAL DECADES, epidemiological studies have been carried out with a view to analyzing alcohol consumption among different populations and in different settings (Dawson, 1998a). Improvement in the ways of measuring consumption through its...

Iatrogenic effects of alcohol and drug prevention programs.
September 1, 2002... A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT of media attention was recently paid to an Institute of Medicine report (Kohn et al., 2000) indicating that medical errors may result in 44,000 to 98,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. A more recent study reporting on the...

The impact of later trading hours for Australian public houses (hotels) on levels of violence.
September 1, 2002... AUSTRALIA HAS LONG BEEN a nation of beer-drinking "pub goers" and, as a result, the issue of trading hours for Australian public houses (usually known as "hotels") has frequently engaged both community and political interest (Room, 1988). The...

For all these reasons, I do ... drink: a multilevel analysis of contextual reasons for drinking among Canadian undergraduates *.
September 1, 2002... DRINKING IS A SIGNIFICANT ASPECT of the university campus lifestyle. The majority of college students drink alcohol, and a large number can be classified as heavy drinkers (O'Hare, 1990; Wechsler et al., 2000). The wet environment in which...

Racial/ethnic and gender differences in the incidence and onset age of DSM-IV alcohol use disorder symptoms among adolescents *.
September 1, 2002... THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994), diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence were originally developed and are widely used for adults with...

Personal goals as predictors of college student drinking motives, alcohol use and related problems *.
September 1, 2002... THEORISTS AND RESEARCHERS have suggested that motivational constructs play a pivotal role in studying human behavior, particularly with regard to psychopathological manifestations (e.g., Adler, 1927; Karoly, 1999; Little, 1987). Consistent with...

Confirmatory factor analysis of the COPE questionnaire on community drinkers and an alcohol-dependent sample.
September 1, 2002... RESEARCHERS INCREASINGLY have expressed an interest in ways people respond to stress and in the coping strategies they use to overcome it. One area receiving increased attention is the relationship of coping to alcohol use, with many people...