Types of life events and the onset of alcohol dependence. Academic Article

abstract

• Data concerning the occurrence of life events in the year before onset of alcohol dependence were collected from 23 patients recruited from a district general hospital. Both male and female alcohol dependent cases reported significantly more severe life events in the year preceding onset of the disorder than did members of a community comparison group over the same 12-month period. Events were also classified according to the dimensions of 'loss' and 'danger', and 'independence'. The study suggests that individuals may enter the initial stages of alcohol dependence in response to stressful life events.

authors

• Gorman, Dennis

published proceedings

• Br J Addict

author list (cited authors)

• Gorman, D. M., & Peters, T. J.

citation count

• 16

complete list of authors

• Gorman, DM||Peters, TJ

publication date

• January 1990

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

keywords

• Adult
• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcoholism
• Female
• Humans
• Life Change Events
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Personality Tests
• Risk Factors

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb00625.x

start page

• 71

end page

• 79

volume

• 85

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.1990.tb00625.x