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Peer reviewedPage, Randy M.; Cole, Galen E. – Adolescence, 1991
Administered Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test to subjects over age 18. Among late adolescents (aged 18 to 20), lonely females had highest mean scores, indicating higher degree of alcoholism risk than lonely males and nonlonely subjects. For males, loneliness appeared to increase alcoholism risk, not in late adolescence, but during early…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism
