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Faulstich, Michael E.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to 91 male alcoholics after detoxification. Results indicated that the Psychopathic Deviant and Paranoia scales declined with age, while the Responsibility scale increased with age. (JAC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Alcoholism, Males
Lafferty, Patricia; Kahn, Marvin W. – 1984
Although research has suggested that field dependency is a relatively stable characteristic of alcoholics, the results have been confounded by the use of different measures and different time intervals. To investigate the degree of organic brain impairment and its association with measured field dependency amongst alcoholics, 41 male alcoholics,…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Field Dependence Independence, Males
Kahn, Marvin W.; And Others – 1985
Reported rates of mental illness and substance abuse in homeless populations vary widely and are usually based on clinical impressions. In this report structured interviews and objective measures of pathology were used to survey demographics, psychopathology, and substance abuse in a homeless population. Subjects (N=107), who were recruited from a…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Demography, Drug Abuse
Sussman, Steve; And Others – 1985
Recent research suggests that alcoholic inpatients' performance on neuropsychological tests is predictive of their drinking status following discharge from alcohol rehabilitation programs, although no single test itself has been predictive of relapse. This study seeks to develop a ecologically relevant memory test that would predict relapse and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Drinking, Ecology, Males
Kivlahan, Daniel R.; And Others – 1983
Recent approaches to empirical derivation and validation of alcoholic subtypes which involve cluster analysis wihin a single multivariate assessment domain have been questioned. To investigate more clinically meaningful subtypes in a sample of 245 male alcoholics, cluster analysis was performed on a combination of variables from four assessment…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns, Cluster Analysis, Cluster Grouping
Noll, Robert B.; Zucker, Robert A. – 1983
Alcoholism has repeatedly been implicated in many significant social and health problems, yet little is known concerning etiology before age 12. As part of a longitudinal project to investigate alcoholism etiology in preschool children, a study was undertaken which compared families with male preschool children who are statistically at high risk…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Tasks, Etiology