Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ564975
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Beechem Risk Inventory for Late-Onset Alcoholism.
Beechem, Michael
Journal of Drug Education, v27 n4 p397-410 1997
Describes an instrument that identifies the risk of late-onset (reactive) alcoholism and the presence of unresolved loss-grief issues. Instrument was tested on 96 adults aged 60 and over. Found an interrelationship between unresolved loss-grief issues and depression. Rates the likelihood that these conditions may lead to alcoholism. (EMK)
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, At Risk Persons, Attitude Measures, Grief, Life Events, Older Adults, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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