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“In Vivo Veritas’: an Observational Study of Alcoholics' and Normal Drinkers' patterns of Consumption
Author(s) -
Saunders Bill,
Richard Glen
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1978.tb00175.x
Subject(s) - observational study , psychology , alcohol consumption , ingestion , clinical psychology , preference , alcohol , medicine , biology , statistics , biochemistry , mathematics
Summary Previous observational studies, undertaken in artificial settings, have found differences in the drink preference, sip sine and rate of ingestion for alcoholics when compared to social drinkers. In this study data was collected blind from eleven alcoholics and eleven normal drinkers who were consuming their alcohol in a Clydeside bar. The subjects were unaware of their being observed. The previously found differences were not apparent in this study, and this disagreement questions the validity of using certain specific drinking behaviours as targets for the modification of alcoholics' drinking style.