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Jarka, Joyce M. – 1988
Many mental health professionals ignore chemical addiction, whereas many chemical dependency professionals see addiction as the entire problem and ignore everything else. This study investigated differences between addicts and non-addicts on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. Subjects were undergraduate and graduate students, selected from a…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Disorders, College Students, Drug Addiction
Zimmerman, Stephanie – 1987
A study employed a Burkeian framework in order to determine the nature of Al-Anon's rhetoric and evaluate the success of the organization's rhetorical strategies in appealing to the co-alcoholic population that it addresses. According to Kenneth Burke, a message is persuasive if the audience perceives a commonality with the central beliefs of the…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Disorders, Discourse Analysis, Family Problems
Download full textIvey, Miriam R.; And Others – 1993
The majority of depressive symptoms, prevalent among adults (without a history of a depressive disorder) entering alcohol treatment, usually abate within 2 to 3 weeks of abstinence without specific depression-focussed intervention, but some hospitalized alcoholics experience significant depressive symptoms despite sustained abstinence. Such…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Behavior Disorders
Gately, Susan E. – 1989
This study investigated the incidence of alcohol and/or drug abuse within families of emotionally disturbed/behaviorally disordered children, and the effectiveness of an alcohol and drug awareness curriculum for these children. Subjects were 116 children, aged 6-15, attending a residential and day treatment center. While 35.3% of the children were…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Disorders, Curriculum, Drug Addiction
Sarvela, Paul D.; And Others – 1988
Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Behavior, Attitude, and Awareness Inventory (ABAA Inventory) were assessed using data collected in 1987 from 799 university students. Results suggested that the ABAA Inventory was internally-consistent (alpha = .82) and stable over time (test-retest coefficient = .77). Subscale alphas ranged from .45 to .92,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Behavior Disorders, College Students
Brown, Sandra A.; And Others – 1993
Research has documented the genetic contribution of paternal alcoholism and Antisocial Personality Disorder as risk factors for adolescent deviant behavior, including substance abuse. Teens (n=147) between the ages of 12 and 19 years and their parents participated in the study. The sample consisted of 74 substance abusing teens/families drawn from…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior
