Journal of Studies on Alcohol articles from September 2006

Journal of Studies on Alcohol archives from September 2006

Exposure to paternal alcoholism does not predict development of alcohol-use disorders in offspring: evidence from an offspring-of-twins study *.
September 1, 2006... CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (COAs) are at an increased risk for developing alcoholism themselves (McGue, 1997; Merikangas and Avenevoli, 2000; Sher, 1997). This association can be explained by both genetic and environmental factors. Twin studies...

The family transmission of adolescent alcohol abuse and dependence *.
September 1, 2006... IN THE UNITED STATES, more than 80% of persons admitted to treatment programs for alcohol problems experienced their first alcohol intoxication between the ages of 12 and 18 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2003)....

The role of women's alcohol consumption in managing sexual intimacy and sexual safety motives *.
September 1, 2006... AN ESTIMATED 50% OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS among young adult populations involve alcohol use on the part of the victim, the perpetrator, or both (for reviews, see Abbey, 2002; Abbey et al., 2004; Testa and Parks, 1996). Sexual assaults perpetrated...

Natural history of alcohol dependence and remission events for a Native American sample *.
September 1, 2006... UNDERSTANDING THE NATURAL HISTORY of alcohol dependence informs diagnosis, early detection, prevention, and treatment (Schuckit et al., 1995; Valliant, 1995). Cross-cultural examination of addictions may help distinguish both common elements...

Predictors of outcome for patients with substance-use disorders five years after treatment dropout *.
September 1, 2006... DROPOUT RATES FROM SUBSTANCE-USE disorder (SUD) treatment programs range from 10% to 30% depending on the sample and the setting (De Leon, 1991; Marlatt et al., 1997; Mertens and Weisner, 2000; Rabinowitz and Marjefsky, 1998). Most studies of...

Long-term mortality from alcoholism: a descriptive analysis *.
September 1, 2006... BEFORE RECEIPT OF A GRANT FROM the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse more than 30 years ago to develop a comprehensive treatment program for persons diagnosed with alcoholism, the city of San Antonio, TX, had only a patchwork...

The impact of alcohol dependence and posttraumatic stress disorder on cold pressor task response *.
September 1, 2006... POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) is a stress-related disorder that affects approximately 8% of individuals in the United States and is commonly comorbid with alcohol-use disorders (Kessler et al., 1995). Clinical observations, animal...

Psychiatric disorders in a sample of repeat impaired-driving offenders *.
September 1, 2006... STUDIES SUGGEST IMPAIRED-DRIVING offenders have high rates of alcohol-use disorders, nonalcohol drug abuse and dependence (Caetano and Raspberry, 2000; C'de Baca et al., 2004; Lapham et al., 2001, 2002, 2004), antisocial behavior (Nochajski et...

Validity of the passive alcohol sensor for estimating BACs in DWI-enforcement operations *.(driving while intoxicated)
September 1, 2006... MOST ARRESTS FOR DRIVING WHILE intoxicated (DWI) are made in patrol operations in which officers watch for signs of impaired driving and stop drivers who show evidence of impairment. Currently, however, there is considerable interest by safety...

Drinking status and fatal crashes: which drinkers contribute most to the problem? *.
September 1, 2006... A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN TRAFFIC SAFETY has been the characterization of road users who most contribute to the alcohol-related crash problem. As early as 1967, a report by the Department of Transportation (1968) identified the "problem drinker"...

Maternal perceptions of alcohol use by adolescents who drink alcohol *.
September 1, 2006... AS ADOLESCENTS NOW ENGAGE in problem behaviors at younger ages than in the past, the ability of their parents to recognize the warning signs of such behaviors is increasingly important. Faced with knowledge that their adolescent son or daughter...

The stability and reliability of self-reported drinking measures *.
September 1, 2006... DESPITE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-REPORT measures of alcohol use in general population surveys, comprehensive examinations of the reliability and validity of these measures have been few in number. Although it might appear that assessments of...

A partial ban on sales to reduce high-risk drinking South of the border: seven years later *.
September 1, 2006... ON A TYPICAL WEEKEND EVENING, up to 2,000 youths (ages 20 and younger) and young adults (ages 21-25) cross from El Paso, TX, into Juarez, Mexico, to drink and return late at night to their homes. That most of these young people (ages 18-25)...

"I'll never drink like that again": characteristics of alcohol-related incidents and predictors of motivation to change in college students *.
September 1, 2006... APPROXIMATELY 68% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS report drinking alcohol at least once in the past month, with 42% reporting heavy episodic drinking (five or more drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks; Johnston et al., 2005). Excessive alcohol use in...

Friday class and heavy alcohol use in a sample of New Zealand college students *.
September 1, 2006... HEAVY ALCOHOL USE AMONG COLLEGE students continues to gain recognition as a public health concern, especially in light of the fact that levels of heavy drinking among college students exceed those of other young adults in the same age group...

Alcohol craving in outpatients with alcohol dependence: rate and clinical correlates.
September 1, 2006... ALCOHOL CRAVING HAS BEEN CONSIDERED one of the core components of alcoholism and a strong predictor of subsequent relapse since the 1950s (Bottlender and Soyka, 2004; de Bruijn et al., 2004; Flannery et al., 2003; Jellinek, 1955; Ludwig and...

Primary care validation of a single screening question for drinkers *.
September 1, 2006... APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF ALL ADULTS are involved in some type of alcohol misuse (Saitz, 2005), including 14 million American adults who suffer from alcohol abuse or alcoholism. Alcohol problems are common in primary care settings, with an...

Effects of alcohol on group formation among male social drinkers *.
September 1, 2006... UNDERSTANDING THE REINFORCING EFFECTS of alcohol continues to be a major focus of research (Leonard and Blane, 1999). Numerous studies have measured drinking motives and expected consequences of drinking. Such studies typically find that...