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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"drinking patterns"”.
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History, culture and alcohol: Drinking patterns in Poland and Australia
… for centuries those in power have promoted heavy drinking among their subjects in order to achieve their various goals and that this contributed to the development of Polish drinking patterns. There is some empirical evidence that the political economy of alcohol in Poland promoted heavy drinking …
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Does Peer Influence Have An Impact On Young People’s Drinking Patterns?
… behaviour from them. For young people social drinking with their peers is a form of pleasure. Young Adults drinking behaviour is examined in the context of the peer network in which it occurs in order to examine the meaning of drinking for these young adults and the process how which it occurs.
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Family-of-Origin Quality, Regulation of Negative Affect, Marital Stability, and Couple Drinking Patterns
… was hypothesized that these two types of couple drinking patterns would be impacted by each individual spouse's context as well as by the interaction of those contexts. A national sample of 1498 couples or 2996 individuals (1498 wives and 1498 husbands married to each other) participated in this …
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Economic evaluation of alcohol treatments: linking drinking patterns, alcohol consequences and cost effectiveness of alcohol treatments
… in the field of human behaviour. A link between drinking patterns, health consequences and alcohol treatment effectiveness and cost effectiveness is created. This is a probabilistic lifetime model that uses the cohort simulation approach. The model can be applied to any setting and this is …
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IMPACT OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AND BRIEF COUNSELING INTERVENTIONS ON DRINKING OUTCOMES IN HOSPITALIZED TRAUMA PATIENTS
… screen and provide brief interventions for risky drinking patterns. Also, there is growing effort today to understand health disparities, so that healthcare can be adjusted to best provide treatment to all individuals. Considering this, the current study was a retrospective analysis on a …
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The Incidence of Adult Children of Alcoholics in a Midwestern Diploma School of Nursing
… data regarding the participant's marital starus, drinking patterns and level of concern over personal drinking behavior was also administered. Analysis indicated 23% of the overall sample were ACOA and 8% were children of problem drinkers. In the student sample, 23% were ACOA and 8% were children …
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A Study of the Alcohol Motivations, Knowledge and Behavior of College Age Youth (Drinking, Meanings, Patterns, Use, Personal)
… on the college campus. Surveyors of college age drinking patterns document that from 71-96% of students use alcohol. This research is on motivation for alcohol use among college students. A definite gap in the literature exists on motivation for alcohol use and drinking patterns among college …
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Alcohol policy and regulation: public opinion amongst young adults in Khayelitsha, South Africa
… alcohol policy in South Africa. In addition, the drinking behavior of young adults was also investigated along with its relationship with policy support. Methods: The study sample consisted of 1728 young (n=513) and older adults (n=1215). Demographic details and opinion on 15 policy measures …
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Examining the Complex Interplay of Stress, Social Support, and Drinking Motives on Alcohol Use Behaviors: A Moderated Mediation Model Among College Students
… social mechanisms that contribute to high-risk drinking patterns are not fully understood. Guided by the motivational model of alcohol use and stress-buffering theory, this study tested a moderated mediation model to examine how perceived stress, coping motives for drinking, and perceived social …
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The sixth river of Panjab: a qualitative exploration of alcohol use among Panjabi Sikhs in the UK
… may contribute to the development of harmful drinking patterns. This thesis aims to address this gap by understanding how Panjabi Sikhs in the UK interpret cultural norms, and whether they conform to drinking patterns that are accepted and expected as defined by these norms. The goal of the …
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BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO ALCOHOL IN BINGE DRINKERS
Binge drinking is a hazardous behavior that is associated with a multitude of deleterious effects for the individual. Studies suggest that binge drinkers may be more likely than non-bingers to experience the immediate negative consequences of alcohol consumption. The present series of studies was …
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Alcohol use and unsafe sex practices among students (17-25 year olds) at the University of the Western Cape
… of this study was to gain insight into the drinking patterns and sexual behaviour of young UWC students. The aim was to investigate the relationship between alcohol use and unsafe sex practices (such as unplanned sex, multiple partners, and non/inconsistent condom use) and to identify any …
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Alcohol Use and Mental Health in Middle-aged Women. Women´s Health in Lund Area, a Swedish Population-based Study.
… about middle-aged women’s alcohol consumption, drinking patterns, mental symptoms and use of psychotropic drugs. A separate analysis focuses on immigrant women. All women aged 50-59 (n=10,766), born between 1935 and 1945, and living in the Lund area of southern Sweden, were invited to …
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College Students’ Alcohol Use and Related Problems: What Makes Religiousness a Protective Factor?
… R/S dimensions on alcohol consumption, harmful drinking patterns, and alcohol-related problems, as well as their moderating effect on the association between Greek membership and alcohol outcomes in a sample of 709 undergraduates from one Christian-affiliated institution and one public …
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Determination of a brief AUDIT screening questionnaire to identify women at risk of harmful and hazardous alcohol consumption in primary care settings
… are available for hazardous and harmful drinking, screening for this behaviour in primary care can potentially contribute to improving health outcomes and reducing the cost to society. Existing validated screening questionnaires are available to identify those who drink at hazardous or …
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The drunken self : the five-factor model as an organizational framework for charcterizing one's own drunkenness
… changes associated with participant sex and drinking patterns). Findings support for the use of the FFM as a framework for organizing self-reported drunken personality change.
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Attitudes and Perceived Behavioral Control of First-Year College Student's Alcohol Use: A Study of an Instructional Software Intervention
… support was found for the hypothesis regarding drinking patterns and differential improvement at posttest on attitude and personal control.
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The Relationship Between Sense of Coherence, Readiness to Change, and Alcohol Use in Emerging Adults
… (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Drinking patterns at this age can often extend into habitual behaviors which cause lasting impacts on adult life. Sense of Coherence (SOC) helps an individual look at life in a positive manner to overcome stressful events and buffer against negative …
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Interaction Effects of Parenting Styles and Child Temperament: Motor, Cognitive, and Language Development in Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol
… to increase public awareness of the risks of drinking during pregnancy, there has been little change in women's prenatal drinking patterns (Bhuvaneswar, Change, Epstein, & Stern, 2007; Ernhart, Morrow-Tlucak, Sokol, & Martier, 1988). In the literature it is unclear to what extent alcohol …
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The Relationship Between Drinking and Assertiveness in College Students
<p>The relationship between drinking patterns of college students and their measured level of assertiveness was examined in this study. The subjects were categorized into six groups based on their self-reported frequency and amount of drinking. They were also asked to record the number of drinks …
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