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Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Ethanol in High‐Risk and Control Children: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Behar David,
Berg Carol J.,
Rapoport Judith L.,
Nelson William,
Linnoila Markku,
Cohen Martin,
Bozevich Clara,
Marshall Toni
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1983.tb05495.x
Subject(s) - acetaldehyde , ethanol , mood , ingestion , alcohol , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , physiology , chemistry , biochemistry
Blood and breath acetaldehyde levels were measured following ethanol ingestion (0.5 ml/kg) In 11 boys familially at risk for alcoholism and 11 age‐matched controls. No significant differences were found between groups for acetaldehyde, objective, or subjective measures of intoxicatlon. Previous reports of acetaldehyde as a marker of risk for aloholism were not confined. Baseline behavioral state predicted response to alcohol. Children tended to have a subjective response in a direction opposite from the baseline mood state.