ArticlePsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2021
Not all symptoms of alcohol dependence are developmentally equivalent: Implications for the false-positives problem.
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- Potential Link Between Exercise and N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Glutamate Receptors in Alcohol Use Disorder: Implications for Therapeutic Strategies.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Review
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- Changes over time in endorsement of 11 DSM-IV alcohol use disorder (AUD) criteria in young adults with persistent or recurrent AUD in The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Definition matters: assessment of tolerance to the effects of alcohol in a prospective cohort study of emerging adults.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
- Endorsement of specific alcohol use disorder criterion items changes with age in individuals with persistent alcohol use disorders in 2 generations of the San Diego Prospective Study.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveRecent studies have examined the extent to which alcohol dependence (AD) criteria prospectively predict the course of AD. Critically, these studies have lacked a developmental perspective. However, the differential performance of criteria by age might indicate overendorsement in younger individuals. The current study examined AD criteria in terms of persistence and prediction of AD course and alcohol use by age in order to identify criteria that are likely to be overly endorsed by younger individuals.
methodThe current study used longitudinal data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions to depict age differences in rates of new onset, recurrence, and persistence for each AD criterion, thereby showing how these three factors contribute to the overall age-prevalence curve of each criterion. Additionally, we tested age moderation of the predictive association between each criterion at baseline and new onset, recurrence, and persistence of syndromal AD.
resultsSome criteria (particularly, persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control drinking, and drinking despite physical/psychological problems) are both less persistent and less predictive of AD course among younger adults compared to older adults.
conclusionsThese findings raise the possibility of elevated rates of false-positive AD among younger adults and suggest ways to improve the assessment of AD criteria. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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