The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, founded in 1940, publishes peer-reviewed manuscripts dealing with diverse aspects of alcohol and other substances of abuse. The range of materials includes biological, medical, epidemiological, social, psychological, and other aspects of alcohol and other drug use, abuse, and dependence. http://www.jsad.com . http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Instructions_for_Authors_OPEN_ACCESS/4666.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Instructions_for_Authors_OPEN_ACCESS/4666.html Objective: Benefits of empirically supported interventions hinge on clinician skill, particularly for motivational interviewing (MI). Existing MI skill assessments are limited with respect to validity (e.g., self-report) and practicality (e.g., coding session tapes). To address these limitations, we developed and evaluated two versions of a web-... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Computer_Assessment_of_Simulated_Patient_Interviews_CASPI_Psychometric_P/4665.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Computer_Assessment_of_Simulated_Patient_Interviews_CASPI_Psychometric_P/4665.html Objective: This study examined the potential for biased inference due to endogeneity when using standard approaches for modeling the utilization of alcohol and drug treatment. Method: Results from standard regression analysis were compared with those that controlled for endogeneity using instrumental variables estimation. Comparable models predicted the likelihood of ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Sources_of_Biased_Inference_in_Alcohol_and_Drug_Services_Research_An_Instr/4664.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Sources_of_Biased_Inference_in_Alcohol_and_Drug_Services_Research_An_Instr/4664.html Objective: Most cognitive models of substance abuse and dependence posit that controlled and automatic processes are central to substance use. Tests of these models rely on methods that are interpreted to measure one or the other of these processes. There has been growing interest in the use of implicit ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Implicit_Cognition_and_Substance_Use_The_Role_of_Controlled_and_Automatic_/4663.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Implicit_Cognition_and_Substance_Use_The_Role_of_Controlled_and_Automatic_/4663.html Objective: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has developed a two-question tool for the detection of unhealthy drinking (NIAAA-2Q) that investigates excessive alcohol consumption per single occasion. NIAAA-2Q can be commuted into a four-question tool (NIAAA-4Q) by the addition of two ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Use_of_the_Screening_Suggested_by_the_National_Institute_on_Alcohol_Abuse_a/4662.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Use_of_the_Screening_Suggested_by_the_National_Institute_on_Alcohol_Abuse_a/4662.html Objective: This study was conducted to examine discrepancies in alcohol consumption estimates between a self-reported standard quantity–frequency measure and an adjusted version based on respondents' typically used container size. Method: Using a multistage cluster sample design, 5,224 Hispanic individuals 18 years of age and older were ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Hispanic_Americans_Baseline_Alcohol_Survey_HABLAS_Effects_of_Container_S/4661.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Hispanic_Americans_Baseline_Alcohol_Survey_HABLAS_Effects_of_Container_S/4661.html Objective: Research is limited on the strategies that Mexican adolescents use to resist use of alcohol, cigarettes, and other drugs. Cultural norms and gender socialization patterns concerning the acceptability of use of various substances by women and men influence Mexican youths in their responses to offers of substances. This ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Drug_Resistance_and_Substance_Use_Among_Male_and_Female_Adolescents_in_Alte/4660.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Drug_Resistance_and_Substance_Use_Among_Male_and_Female_Adolescents_in_Alte/4660.html Objective: Similarity in alcohol consumption among adolescent friends could be caused by the influence of friends or by the selection of friends who consume similar levels of alcohol. This article aims to disentangle influence and selection processes while specifically examining changes over time in these processes and possible differences ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Dynamics_of_Friendship_Networks_and_Alcohol_Use_in_Early_and_MidAdolescenc/4659.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Dynamics_of_Friendship_Networks_and_Alcohol_Use_in_Early_and_MidAdolescenc/4659.html Objective: This study examined developmental trends of peer selection and socialization related to friends' alcohol use in early-, middle-, and late-adolescent peer networks, with the primary goal of identifying when these mechanisms emerge, when these mechanisms exert their strongest effects, and when (or if) they decrease in importance. ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Alcohol_Use_and_Friendship_Dynamics_Selection_and_Socialization_in_Early/4658.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Alcohol_Use_and_Friendship_Dynamics_Selection_and_Socialization_in_Early/4658.html Objective: This study examined level of wine consumption and total mortality among 802 older adults ages 55–65 at baseline, controlling for key sociodemographic, behavioral, and health status factors. Despite a growing consensus that moderate alcohol consumption is associated with reduced total mortality, whether wine consumption provides an additional, ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Wine_Consumption_and_20Year_Mortality_Among_LateLife_Moderate_Drinkers/4657.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Wine_Consumption_and_20Year_Mortality_Among_LateLife_Moderate_Drinkers/4657.html Objective: A debate remains regarding whether parents should teach their children harm-reduction tips for using alcohol while in college or whether they should maintain a zero-tolerance policy. Which type of alcohol-related communication parents should endorse is not empirically clear. The current study made use of a ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Investigating_Associations_Between_Perceived_Parental_AlcoholRelated_Messa/4656.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Investigating_Associations_Between_Perceived_Parental_AlcoholRelated_Messa/4656.html Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the similarity or dissimilarity of same-sex (e.g., mother–daughter) and opposite-sex (e.g., mother–son) associations for drinking motives across four pairings of parent–young adult child dyads. Method: Three waves of data spanning approximately 10 years ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Intergenerational_Relations_for_Drinking_Motives_Invariant_for_Same_and_O/4655.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Intergenerational_Relations_for_Drinking_Motives_Invariant_for_Same_and_O/4655.html Objective: The aim of this study was to assess trends in drinking patterns and alcohol-related problems among age and gender groups in the context of a liberalized alcohol policy environment. Method: Eleven comparable general population alcohol surveys were conducted between 1990 and 2000 in Auckland, New Zealand, during ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Increases_in_Typical_Quantities_Consumed_and_AlcoholRelated_Problems_Durin/4654.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Increases_in_Typical_Quantities_Consumed_and_AlcoholRelated_Problems_Durin/4654.html Objective: Although women make up one third of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) membership, research on gender and AA has been limited. Findings in the literature are mixed, with few empirical investigations of factors that may moderate any gender differences found. AA is highly interpersonal, and research has found that women ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Gender_and_Extroversion_as_Moderators_of_the_Association_Between_Alcoholics/4653.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Gender_and_Extroversion_as_Moderators_of_the_Association_Between_Alcoholics/4653.html Objective: The alcoholism research literature has long reported a significant, reliable, and inverse association between alcohol use disorders and religion/spirituality (R/S), and this is also evident in the period of highest risk—adolescence and young adulthood. In the treatment area, both clinical and mutual-help programs for ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Alcohol_Milestones_Risk_Factors_and_ReligionSpirituality_in_Young_Adult_/4652.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Alcohol_Milestones_Risk_Factors_and_ReligionSpirituality_in_Young_Adult_/4652.html Objective: The current study examined the natural trajectories of alcohol use among women as they transitioned from high school to college, considering changes in drinking for students at initially different levels of drinking. We examined the hypothesis that the association between college drinking and sexual victimization would be stronger ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Naturally_Occurring_Changes_in_Womens_Drinking_From_High_School_to_College/4651.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Naturally_Occurring_Changes_in_Womens_Drinking_From_High_School_to_College/4651.html Objective: We examined the associations between the density of alcohol establishments and five types of nonviolent crime across urban neighborhoods. Method: Data from the city of Minneapolis, MN, in 2009 were aggregated and analyzed at the neighborhood level. We examined the association between alcohol establishment density and five categories ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Is_the_Density_of_Alcohol_Establishments_Related_to_Nonviolent_Crime/4650.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Is_the_Density_of_Alcohol_Establishments_Related_to_Nonviolent_Crime/4650.html Objective: This secondary analysis of China's National Psychological Autopsy Study assesses the risk factors for suicide among men with alcohol use disorders (AUDs)—the second most common psychiatric diagnosis among suicide decedents in China. Method: Based on data collected from family members and close associates, the characteristics of ... http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/CaseControl_Study_in_China_of_Risk_Factors_for_Suicide_in_Men_With_Alcohol/4649.html http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/CaseControl_Study_in_China_of_Risk_Factors_for_Suicide_in_Men_With_Alcohol/4649.html