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Brown, Sandra A.; Berger, Barry – 1984
Research in the field of alcohol abuse evidences a long history of attempts to predict outcome from alcohol treatment programs using situational and intrapsychic factors. To investigate whether alcohol reinforcement expectancies are related to drinking behavior, 42 male veteran graduates of an inpatient alcohol treatment program were interviewed 1…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Drinking, Expectation
el-Guebaly, Nady – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1982
Reviews risk of psychosocial problems related to drinking among "grown-up" children of alcoholics. Argues that genetic predisposition is best predictor available; this may be more influential near severe end of alcoholism spectrum, may be less influential in females, and may lead to differences in symptomatology and management.…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Genetics, Nature Nurture Controversy
Abbott, Max W. – 1983
While alcoholism is no longer regarded as a unitary disorder, conventional measures of congition and personality have yet to be shown capable of consistently predicting clinical outcomes. To investigate cognitive dysfunction and locus of control as predictors of post treatment outcome in a large sample of alcoholics, 106 alcoholics (74 men, 32…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Cognitive Processes, Group Therapy
Peer reviewedGoldman, Mark S.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1983
Studied neuropsychological recovery following alcohol abuse as a function of age. Alcoholics (N=31) were administered a repeatable neuropsychological test battery for the three months immediately following cessation of drinking. Results suggest that beyond age 40, humans increase in vulnerability to the toxic effects of alcohol. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Alcoholism, Behavior Change
Peer reviewedJennison, Karen M.; Johnson, Kenneth A. – Journal of Drug Education, 1998
Investigates familial alcoholism effects and the comparative probability of risk that adult children of alcoholics have for alcohol dependence. Results, based on a national survey of 12,686 young adults over a five-year period, show that the risk for alcoholism is relatively greater for males than females. (MKA)
Descriptors: Adult Children, Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism
Download full textIvey, Miriam R.; And Others – 1993
The majority of depressive symptoms, prevalent among adults (without a history of a depressive disorder) entering alcohol treatment, usually abate within 2 to 3 weeks of abstinence without specific depression-focussed intervention, but some hospitalized alcoholics experience significant depressive symptoms despite sustained abstinence. Such…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Behavior Disorders
Simons, Loretta N. – 2001
This study evaluated an hypothesized model of biopsychosocial factors that mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and substance abuse. A questionnaire packet consisting of self-report measures was administered to 160 drug dependent participants with and without co-occurring psychological disorders in residential, partial, and outpatient…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Biological Influences, Child Abuse
