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Download full textLaux, John M.; Newman, Isadore; Brown, Russ – 2002
The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) was designed to serve as a reliable and quantifiable measure of alcohol dependence (M. Selzer, 1971). Since its introduction, the psychometric properties of the MAST have been studied extensively, but there are several questions that have not been addressed or only partially answered. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Patients, Psychometrics
Reich, William P.; And Others – 1984
The use of the 1980 Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) alcohol abuse and depedence diagnostic system rests on the assumption that dependence is physiological and more severe than abuse. To examine the relationship of DSM-III alcohol abuse/dependence diagnoses to patients' patterns of alcohol use and the…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Clinical Diagnosis, Drug Addiction, Evaluation Criteria
Brown, Sandra A. – 1983
To investigate whether men and women think alike about drinking and the effects of alcohol, the Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire was administered to 440 college students, 120 medical patients, and 305 alcoholics in residential treatment. Previous and current drinking patterns and background information were also examined. Subjects were grouped by…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcoholism, Beliefs, College Students
Maisto, Stephen A.; Nirenberg, Ted D. – 1986
The matching hypothesis, presented in this study, predicts that designing treatment according to patient characteristics leads to better outcomes. A study was conducted to collect data on current practices of patient-treatment matching in alcohol treatment. A questionnaire was completed by 70 directors of Veterans Administration inpatient alcohol…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
Brown, Idalyn S. – 1981
While extensive research has examined the personality of the alcoholic, current interest centers on the use of differential treatment for different personality types. The aim of such treatment is to focus on the disorder underlying the problem of alcoholism for each particular patient. To look for relationships among personality variables,…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Authoritarianism, Drug Rehabilitation, Patients
Gorenstein, Ethan E. – 1984
Theorists have hypothesized that alcoholism, antisocial behavior, and childhood hyperactivity are part of a spectrum of disorders that have a common etiologic component, i.e., neuropsychological deficits to the structures (limbic system, frontal lobes) which regulate impulses. To examine the similarities in neuropsychological deficits between…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Mental Disorders
Stark, Michael J. – 1981
Research has shown that many psychiatric inpatients are alcoholics and that a significant number of these alcoholics are not being diagnosed or treated for their drinking problems. The incidence of heavy drinking among psychiatric outpatients and the extent to which psychotherapists are aware of their drinking behaviors were assessed. A…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis
