Showing papers in "Journal of Substance Abuse in 2000"

TL;DR: This paper reviews methodological issues in assessing volume and pattern of alcohol consumption and focuses on three measures developed at the Alcohol Research Group to assess frequencies of drinking in a graduated series of quantity intervals, called the graduated quantity-frequency (QF) approach.

TL;DR: Prevention programs that focus on both the modeling of parental behaviors, as well as enhancing parenting skills, should be effective in influencing trajectories of substance use throughout adolescence and young adulthood.

TL;DR: Black and Hispanic couples are at higher risk for IPV than white couples and should be targeted for prevention intervention, according to the findings of this study.

TL;DR: The goals of the meeting were to develop consensus sets of questionnaire items for measuring alcohol consumption and social harm, to delineate statistical and practical concerns related to the aggregation of consumption and harm data and to identify summary measures to be used for descriptive purposes and in analyses of the association between alcohol intake and alcohol-related outcomes.

TL;DR: It is found that despite considerable concordance between couple members' drinking behaviors, discrepant drinking patterns were strongly predictive of relational distress and the incidence of physical violence.

TL;DR: Substance use and unprotected sex are associated among these Latino MSM, however, there does not appear to be a simple causal relationship between the variables.

TL;DR: Results suggest that determination of risk levels should be based on survey data that takes into consideration the beverage mix and the actual size of respondents' alcohol drinks.

TL;DR: A meta-analysis of all available research reporting a controlled comparison of buprenorphine and methadone provided a rating of the comparative efficacy of each drug, thus giving clinicians an additional guide when selecting an appropriate course of treatment.

TL;DR: Results indicated residence in a fraternity was related to more frequent alcohol consumption and greater negative consequences even after accounting for family history, expectancies, and high school drinking rates.

TL;DR: Compared to retrospective reports, daily reports result in more reported drinking occasions but similar average quantity consumed, and correlations between retrospective and daily measures are generally high.

TL;DR: Evaluated gender differences in the development of substance abuse disorders among drug-involved offenders found women in this population exhibit a telescoping effect (i.e., acceleration in the progression from substance use to substance abuse), which has been observed in other setting.

TL;DR: Drinking by offenders and victims was more common in assaults where victims were less well acquainted with their assailants prior to attack, and higher levels of offender aggression and victim injury were also associated with stranger attacks.

TL;DR: The focus of this paper is on the need to take into consideration relevant measurement issues (e.g., container and serving size, alcohol contents, drinking expectancies, perceived risks associated with the consumption of different types of alcoholic beverages, as well as reasons for drinking) in alcohol research.

TL;DR: This study examined the attitudes and knowledge of substance abuse counselors regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) clients and found that counselors frequently lacked knowledge about the legal issues of these clients, the concepts of domestic partnership and internalized homophobia, and family issues.

TL;DR: Assessment of long-term adjustment and childhood histories of parental alcoholism and sexual, physical, and emotional abuse in college students adds to a growing literature calling for more complex models of ACOA development that can account for the diversity of this population.

TL;DR: The data from the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey and its 3-year follow-up offer a unique opportunity to study the effects of substance use during gestation on development at age three in a nationally representative sample.

TL;DR: Using as empirical material data from the US national survey of males aged 21-59 (N3) conducted in 1969, a first attempt is made to develop practical guidelines for future research on handling these problems.

TL;DR: Most items measuring social harm asked of the drinker him/herself are concerned with major social roles, and problems in the particular life area of the role (work, family, friendships, etc.).

TL;DR: Examination of three groups of drug users classified according to three different criteria revealed that abstainers were never more psychologically impaired, and were occasionally healthier, than experimenters, and Classification according to marijuana use appeared to be more related to psychopathology than did classification according to alcohol use.

TL;DR: Analysis of the role of paternal alcohol problems, antisocial behavior, and depression in predicting parental attitudes toward their 12-month-old infants suggests that at least during early infancy, parental psychopathology associated with fathers' alcohol problems may play a more important role in predicting parents' attitudes towards their infants than alcoholism per se.

TL;DR: Prior users were found to have weaker decision making skills, more susceptibility to peer pressure, more negative perceptions of school, less confidence in their skills, and an increased likelihood of being male.

TL;DR: For both ADATSA and Non-ADATSA clients, those completing their episode of treatment had significantly lower risks for readmission, while males and those receiving a combination of inpatient and outpatient treatments had lower risks of readmission.

TL;DR: A drug use and intention index, and concern that one is or will become an addict or alcoholic, were consistently predictive of self-reported substance abuse or substance dependence 1 year later, controlling for baseline abuse or dependence status.

TL;DR: Results show that early use of either inhalants or marijuana substantially increased risk of frequent drinking, binge drinking, smoking, illicit drug use, and substance-related consequences during the college years.

TL;DR: Strong linkages between harassment and increased alcohol consumption and problems were found for lesbian and bisexual women than for heterosexual women, and implications for future research on sexual identity, alcohol use, and workplace harassment are discussed.

TL;DR: The impairment in 5-HT function observed in heroin addicts and the changes in the biological correlates of temperamental traits could increase the proneness to addiction and possible comorbid psychiatric disorders.

TL;DR: The paper addresses the experiences of measuring and monitoring patterns of alcohol consumption and consequences in Mexico, provides an overview of alcohol use and problems, and describes local cultural values that influence patterns of drinking.

TL;DR: Current developments in characterizing drinking patterns are summarized, with the conclusion that frequency of drinking at all, and frequency of heavier drinking occasions, are dimensions important both in terms of the social meaning of drinking and of the relation to potential consequences of drinking.

TL;DR: Future research in alcohol epidemiology should incorporate different dimensions of consumption and should analyze them by regression approaches either using the dummy variable approach or using suitable interaction terms.

TL;DR: Results revealed that CA + SZ displayed significant memory impairment relative to their non-abusing SZ counterparts, but no group differences were detected on any other neurocognitive measure.