Correlates of life stress in an alcohol treatment sample
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Current age and age of onset of alcohol dependence and whether they are linked to the type of stress experienced preceding treatment, was examined in male veterans receiving inpatient treatment for alcohol dependence. The likelihood of life events related to achievement, relationship and legal problems fell with age, although the likelihood of health difficulties rose.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 2000
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Alcohol expectancies: integrating cognitive science and psychometric approaches
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Research indicates that the prediction of drinking can be estimated from a model representing expectancies for arousing and positive effects of alcohol. The model also accounts for the variance seen in self-reported drinking than expectancies for sedating and negative effects of alcohol drinking. Discussion of alternative models is also presented.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 2003
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Psychometric evaluation of the marijuana and stimulant effect expectancy questionnaires for adolescents
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New research supports the view that drug effect expectancies can be effectively measured among adolescents. Drug effect expectancies were connected with drug preference and drug use patterns over two years.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 2001
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