Alcohol Use - Science topic

I need an insight on whether can "alcohol use" be measured as a mediator between the negative relationship of stress and academic performance among University students.

Hi all,

At the moment I'm writing my bachelorthesis, so my knowledge of statistics is quite limited.

In my first hypothesis I am looking for a relationship between an independent variable ADHD (yes/no) and a continuous dependent variable 'inhibitory control' with repeated measures (2 conditions of a task) by using a mixed ANOVA (so between and within subject).

In my second hypothesis I stated that this relationship is moderated by a dichotomous variable 'alcohol use' (high/low).

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to add a moderator to this mixed ANOVA analysis.

Help is greatly appreciated!

I have one group of alcohol users and have to see the effectiveness of my interventions on their alcohol use (quit or not quit). I apply Pre-post quasi experiment while repeated (at least 2) followups in post interventional phase.

The data was collected from410 participants and The control variable are age, gender, ethnicity, alcohol use and education. While I have only two dependent variables

In order to generate a national estimate for prevalence of alcohol use, I divided the country into four strata (male/female an rural/urban) as these are important determinant of alcohol use. I then did a meta-analysis of studies done in the last five years and estimated point estimates for each of the stratum along with 95% CI. To generate the national estimate, I weighted the point estimate to the population proportion and got the national point estimate. My question is on how to generate the 95% CI for this national estimate.

Alcohol consumption is always seen as bad. What are the benefits and risks associated to regular moderate alcohol intake? Can someone be free from religious and social taboos and tell me the facts based on researches and data? I see so many people avoiding even good causes because some alcohol producing company is sponsoring it.

In many papers, they add a small percentage of water to an alcohol and use it as an organoclay activator like for example [methanol/water]=[95%/5%]. My question is:

Why do they use a mixture instead of a single activator? and why don't we just use water knowing that it has a the highest dielectric constant among all polar solvents?

It could be be physical, emotional, biological, long or short-term effects etc.

Dear people,

Can someone kindly share the following paper with me please.

Thank you very much

Alcohol Use and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Lisa B. VanWagner, Hongyan Ning, Norrina B. Allen, Veeral Ajmera,

Cora E. Lewis, John Jeffrey Carr, Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, Norah A. Terrault, Juned Siddique.

So I'd take need for treatment toward people with Alcohol Use Disorder as one of the indicator of stigma towards people with AUD. What questionnaire would be ideal?

Please go through these 3 references:

1. An excerpt from wikipedia: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid) reads:

"A few studies have suggested that total dietary fat intake is linked to an increased risk of obesity (Astrup, 2005; Astrup et al., 2008) and diabetes (Astrup, 2008). However, a number of very large studies, including the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial, an eight-year study of 49,000 women, the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, revealed no such links (Beresford et al., 2006; Howard et al., 2006). None of these studies suggested any connection between percentage of calories from fat and risk of cancer, heart disease, or weight gain."

2. Watch the video, Sugar the bitter truth by Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF professor of pediatrics in the division of endocrinology (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM).

3. Read this book by John Yudkin: http://www.teethforlife.co.za/images/Pure,%20White%20and%20Deadly%20-%20%20John%20Yudkin.pdf

Analogy: So is it logical to exonerate sugar and indict fat cholesterol as the major causes of heart diseases, increase in blood pressure, obesity, type 2 diabetes etc?

Its an extremely common observation that hepatic amoebiasis is extremely common among nothern Sri Lankan population who drink toddy (Palmyrah palm wine). Its also noted the hygiene of taverns that sell toddy are also equally poor. 

If anyone can help with this I'd greatly appreciate it! I'm trying to consolidate my ideas for a thesis proposal and feeling a bit lost! I would like to investigate how the relationships between self-esteem, alcohol use and mental health outcomes differ between males and females. My hypothesis is that the relationship between self-esteem and alcohol use will be stronger in males than females and the relationship between self-esteem and mental health outcomes will be stronger in females than in males. I will be using the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, the DASS to measure mental health outcomes and the Alcohol Dependence Scale.

Can anyone help with the kind of design I would need to use and the best statistical analysis to use? 

Thanks!

How to analyse this data totaling 210 and grouped differently by different variables. 210 incidences are classified on 14 parameters . For example the first parameter has 7 sub categories and second parameter has 4 categories...so on,,,,total 89 sub-parameters to 14 main parameters. Number of sub-parameters min 3 to maximum. For example 210 incidents from last 11 years is classified on basis of time ( 7 time zones in 24 hours) again same data of 210 is classified on the basis of age group( 5 sub categories).. What kind of statistical analysis or data modelling will indicate most important combinations of parameters which are responsible for these incidents

I've been unable to find any published research on this question. It would seem that increasing the convenience of alcohol consumption at sporting events would increase consumption, but it's not clear that the increase would be substantial.

I have recently attempted to gain permission for the substance abuse attitude survey (SAAS) by JN Chapell, 1985 as well as the alcohol and alcohol problems perception questionnaire (AAPPQ) and have had no response from numerous requests for permission to use these tools. 

I'm looking into doing some behavioural testing (Y-maze and open-field) to assess any persistent cognitive effects in a mouse model of alcohol abuse then look at any corresponding brain changes.

My question is when is best to do the behavioural testing to try and isolate the chronic effects of alcohol rather than acute intoxication or withdrawal. Ie should alcohol be removed prior to behavioural testing? If so how long should be allowed before testing should to avoid behavioural changes due to withdrawal?

Any thoughts greatly appreciated!

My thesis focuses on PSAs and their level of influence on college students. Specifically, if they influence the student's drinking/driving habits and if this influence is more or less effective for students who belong to a Greek organization.

I am working in a community that 80-100 off-premise licensees.  Is there research to support a minimum number of compliance checks in a community?  The Sheriff's Office will be conducting the checks.  Thanks!

I am working in a community that 80-100 off-premise licensees.  Is there research to support a minimum number of compliance checks in a community?  The Sheriff's Office will be conducting the checks.  Thanks in advance!

With some types of beer my blood pressure rises rather badly after drinking a single bottle. This is due to my having a problem of sodium retention. Does anyone know of any research comparing the salt contents of different brands of beer ? It would be a fairly simple exercise. I am particularly interested in Brazilian beers, though I believe many people elsewhere must suffer with the same problem that I do – and especially those who drink more than one bottle.

I am looking for strong medical evidence that supports the following statement: "Moderate alcohol consumption (1-2 times a week) is good for health"

I am looking for an article with the following info: college graduates are more likely to drink alcohol to cope, while college students are more likely to drink alcohol for social and/pr enhancement purposes.

If you have, I would be delighted to receive a reference.

Particularly interested in research done in the last 2 years.

I am conducting a secondary data analysis on a dataset that used 10 measures of cognitive function and I am interested in knowing which measure(s) are more susceptible than others to short or long-term alcohol consumption. Here are the 10 measures used in the study: 

-Cognitive 3MS Part 1

-Cognitive 3MS Part 2

-Cognitive CVLT

-Cognitive FingerTap

-Cognitive DSCT

-Cognitive FAS A

-Cognitive FAS F

-Cognitive FAS S

-a cognitive FAS Total

-Cognitive Checklist

Thank you. 

[Edited question:]

Sorry, I wasn't being specific enough in my original question (but thanks for your responses so far!). Things like personality and genetics don't really change from day to day, so they can't directly correlate with / predict / cause someone to drink on one day but not another. I'm looking for antecedent causal variables that can fluctuate from day to day, and thereby cause fluctuating behavior from day to day. There are some daily-drinking-diary studies out there on this kind of thing (e.g., daytime experiences of negative social interactions leading to more drinking that evening), and to achieve greater specificity I want to parse "more drinking" into the binary variable "if drank" and the interval variable "how much drank, provided drinking occurred." Different daytime events may be differentially stronger predictors of these two criterion variables, and I'm looking to learn what people know about this possibility. In any research, have these variables been parsed before with respect to the causes of a single drinking episode? Aside from established research, what are your best guesses? Thanks!

[Original question:]

I'm aware of the frequency/quantity literature on characterizing global drinking traits, but would like to hone in on what causes whether or not a person will drink on a given day versus how much they will drink on a given day, provided they have at least one drink. Studies on daily determinants of other kinds of potentially problematic behavior or experiential avoidance would also be useful (e.g., drug use, binge eating); I'm primarily interested in functional and methodological approaches to this kind of distinction. Thanks!   

I am looking for widely used/validated self-report measures of substance use (both alcohol and drug use) to use for an upcoming project examining the structure of externalizing psychopathology. I already am planning to use the AUDIT and SMAST to assess alcohol use and already have a measure of drug use called the Drug Use Survey that I am planning to use. 

However, I would like to include another 2-3 drug- and alcohol-related measures as well. I would prefer to use dimensional (rather than categorical) assessment measures if possible, and would like at least 1-2 of these other measures to assess substance use other than alcohol (so other illicit substances).

Thank you for your help!

Can anyone please help me to know what volume of liquid alcoholic diet should be given per animal per day to induce osteopenia or to check the adverse effects of alcohol?

Looking for some comments on your experience of using these two drugs in the above setting. Benzodiazepines have been recommended, but can sometimes be inadvertently deliriogenic! Despite adequate patient selection, there appears to be some inter-patient variability with Dexmedetomidine and clearly there is a cost implication that comes with it. Although Clonidine is cheaper, it has issues with rebound hypertension and being not as effective in my experience so far. Would be interested to hear your thoughts.  

I'm looking for research regarding alcohol consumption in post-industrial or ex-mining communities.  I am looking to study alcohol consumption in post-industrial communities that are currently experiencing decline/have experienced decline in South Yorkshire, England.

Mark Jayne and Gil Valentine (2010) have done a similar study in Stoke-on-Trent and in a Rural Community in Cumbria, but i struggle to find similar studies that have analysed communities such as ex-coalfield villages in Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster. 

I am really interested in studying how the industry and how it's decline in areas in South Yorkshire have effected alcohol consumption and 'alcohol culture' in the area.   Areas that have high unemployment, low educational prospects and poor health. 

Thanks in advance for your replies.

I am interested in finding relevant research on the spread of alcohol use attitudes and behaviours through adolescent peer/friendship/social networks. I'm particularly interested in longitudinal studies that have separated out the effects of selection versus influence. Can anyone point me in the direction of relevant published research? 

We have a major problem in North America with intoxicated patients involved in major trauma, other than their injuries, and there are rarely any legal implications. The literature reports that 60-90% of drivers who are evaluated by a trauma service are not charged with impaired driving. They follow through cracks in the system. Has anyone addressed this in your center?

Dear all, I’m looking for a questionnaire measuring degree of alcohol cravin « here and now ». My difficulty is that I work with French-speaking population, so I need a qestionnaire validated in French. Can you suggest something ? Thanks a lot.

I want to compare with SPSS the two groups (alcoholic admissions vs non alcoholic ones) regarding which has a longer stay in hospitals and which acquires more charges. Appreciate your help!

I have the graduated frequency questionnaire which consists of the 6 questions however I have no clue on how to analyze it- meaning how are we going to conclude that a person is a heavy, moderate, light drinker? Or if there is dependence? Please help. Quite urgent.

Thank you

In my study I used the questionnaire "Physical Self Perception Profile 25" (Fox and Corbin) on alcoholic patients. I would like to know wether the socres are similar to healthy adults and/or people with alcohol problems; Any references? What values are considered high/low/normal?

While we can find a lot of information on drinking patterns we have not found much on actual attitudes to drinking. Does anyone have some sources of information please?

I am looking for literature which specifically evaluates the efficacy of health promotion messages relating to safe drinking limits. By conventional, I mean messages which are designed to increase awareness of what constitutes ‘safe’ drinking levels and to increase understanding of existing government recommendations regarding weekly/daily unit intake maxima. Many thanks.

We have laws in some Australian states but I'm interested in what is happening in other countries/states/provinces.