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Self-esteem of women alcoholics.
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The self-esteem of women alcoholics was lower than that of men alcoholics and of "normal" women nonalcoholics but was similar to that of women in treatment for psychiatric disorders not related to the misuse of alcohol or drugs.Abstract:
The self-esteem of women alcoholics was lower than that of men alcoholics and of "normal" women nonalcoholics but was similar to that of women in treatment for psychiatric disorders not related to the misuse of alcohol or drugs.read more
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Gender differences in risk factors and consequences for alcohol use and problems.
TL;DR: Women drink less alcohol and have fewer alcohol-related problems than men, and are more likely to have certain protective factors against these problems, while consequences of heavy alcohol use, or alcohol use disorders, appear to be more negative for women than men.
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Personal and social difficulties faced by women and men entering alcoholism treatment.
L J Beckman,Hortensia Amaro +1 more
TL;DR: Women had less favorable attitudes toward seeking general health care and perceived greater social costs to be associated with having entered alcoholism treatment, and encountered opposition to treatment from family and friends significantly more often than men.
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Women and Alcohol: A Review
TL;DR: The woman alcoholic is viewed as weak willed (as is her male counterpart), but, in addition, she is thought to be promiscuous and sexually aggressive, despite data that indicate quite the reverse.
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Sex differences in psychosocial consequences of alcohol and drug abuse.
TL;DR: Analysis of the 1985 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse to evaluate three perspectives on sex differences in the relationship of psychosocial problems to levels of substance use suggest that substance abuse is related more strongly to intrapsychic problems among women and to problems in social functioning among men.
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Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
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Measures of social psychological attitudes
John Robinson,Phillip R. Shaver +1 more
TL;DR: The self-knowledge workshop as discussed by the authors is an educational technique and a possible method f o r reducing p r e j u d i c e. Harvard U n i v e r s i t y. Unpublished study.
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Alienation: Its meaning and measurement.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors concluded that increasing participation in an achievement as opposed to an ascribed status system is a necessary precondition for increasing rates of specified forms of deviance.