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Reactions to Alcohol in Sons of Alcoholics and Controls
Author(s) -
Schuckit Marc A.
Publication year - 1988
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.1530-0277.1988.tb00228.x
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , psychology , alcohol , ethanol , persistence (discontinuity) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , computer security , chemistry , engineering , computer science , biochemistry , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
This paper synthesizes some major findings coming from our laboratory over the last decade. The data focuses on our search for mechanisms that might contribute to the elevated risk for alcoholism In sons of alcoholic fathers. Consistent results corroborated by several additional groups indicate that the higher risk sons of alcoholics demonstrate less intense reactions to ethanol as measured by their subjective self‐reports, measures of body sway, changes in several hormones after drinking, and the intensity or persistence of ethanol‐related changes on two electrophysiological measures. The potential implications of these results as they might relate to an enhanced vulnerability to alcoholism, and some possible future research directions, are discussed.