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Antecedents of gregarious alcoholism: An a priori model
Author(s) -
Thurber Steven,
Snow Mark,
Thurber Janean
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198901)45:1<168::aid-jclp2270450126>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - antecedent (behavioral psychology) , psychology , path analysis (statistics) , interpersonal communication , clinical psychology , interpersonal relationship , test (biology) , causal model , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , social psychology , statistics , paleontology , mathematics , biology
Path analysis procedures were used to test a causal model that concerns possible antecedent conditions in relation to gregarious drinking patterns. Selected scales from The California Psychological Inventory (CPI) and The Alcohol Use Inventory (AUI) constituted the assessments. The model was partially corroborated with reference to a group of 40 alcoholics (32 males; 8 females; M age = 33) in an outpatient treatment setting. The presumed causal variables accounted for 26% of the variance in self‐reported gregarious drinking. Support was obtained for the assumption that certain interpersonal deficiencies may combine with beliefs in social benefits via alcohol usage to produce gregarious alcoholism.