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Correspondence between reports of problem drinkers and spouses on drinking behavior and impairment
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Correlations between patients' and spouses' reports of drinking were modest when relatively precise measures of Drinking were used but stronger when more global measures were used.Abstract:
Correlations between patients' and spouses' reports of drinking were modest when relatively precise measures of drinking were used but stronger when more global measures were used.read more
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The validity of self-reported alcohol consumption and alcohol problems: a literature review.
TL;DR: It is concluded that more emphasis should be placed on developing new ways to validate alcohol consumption and alcohol problems so that researchers can continue to refine their data collection techniques in order to maintain confidence in their findings.
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Verbal report methods in clinical research on alcoholism: response bias and its minimization.
TL;DR: It is suggested that the question of whether verbal report procedures are valid or invalid is less important than the issue of how they can be improved to the point that confidence can be placed in their findings.
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Comparison of direct interview and family history diagnoses of alcohol dependence
John P. Rice,Theodore Reich,Kathleen K. Bucholz,Rosalind J. Neuman,Roberta Fishman,Nanette Rochberg,Victor Hesselbrock,John I. Nurnberger,Marc A. Schuckit,Henri Begleiter +9 more
TL;DR: A recursive equation is derived to combine a variable number of family history reports, wherein the probabilities associated with a single report are computed from the logistic analysis, which permits the use offamily history information both as a proxy for an uninterviewed relative, as well as a second source of information to be used in the analysis of genetic family data.
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“Never Believe an Alcoholic”? On the Validity of Self-Report Measures of Alcohol Dependence and Related Constructs
TL;DR: A study of 114 male and female alcoholics was conducted to evaluate the validity of information obtained by means of self-report questionnaires, and the results contradict the assumption that the alcoholics' self-reports were not accurate.
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Alcoholics treated by individualized behavior therapy: one year treatment outcome.
Mark B. Sobell,Linda C. Sobell +1 more
TL;DR: The results support the view that some ‘alcoholics’ can acquire and maintain controlled drinking behavior over at least a 1-yr follow-up interval.
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Effects of social stress on operant drinking of alcoholics and social drinkers
TL;DR: Alcoholics significantly increased their operant responding to obtain alcohol following stress conditions while social drinkers did not, and both groups were equally stressed.