This study was designed to determine whether alcoholics are more alienated, as measured by Dean's Social Alienation Scale, than a comparable group of normals and, in particular, to establish the degree to which these populations differ regarding the specific components of the alienation measure, i.e., normlessness, powerlessness, and social…

Using Schachter's theory of emotion as a starting point, two predictions regarding the interaction of alcohol consumed in social and solitary situations were tested experimentally. (Editor)

Ratings of self and 15 significant others on four personality factors by 47 alcoholic and 90 nonalcoholic males were analyzed by means of step-wise regression analysis and multivariate analysis of covariance. (Author)

The present study investigated the utility of the MMPI as a predictor of success or failure of an alcoholic sample in a behavioral outpatient alcoholism treatment program. (Author)

The present findings substantiate previous results that demonstrated that an individual's perceived locus of control becomes significantly more internal after therapeutic interventions. (Author)

A review of over a thousand studies that deal with either locus of control or levels of interpersonal functioning found no research that deals with both. This study is an initial exploration designed to discover any relationship between scores associated with measures of both locus and levels. (Author)

The present study was prompted by the ambiguity and equivocal nature of research results with respect to the control orientation within an alcoholic population. The purpose of the investigation was to examine the amount of control both perceived and experienced by alcoholics and nonalcoholics. (Author/RK)

This study was initiated with the objective of determining the clinical status and personality structure of wives of alcoholics while their husbands were inpatients in an alcoholism rehabilitation program. (Author/RK)

The present study used a two-choice spatial probability-learning situation (Bitterman, 1975; Wilson & Oscar, 1966) in order to explore the hypothesis that Korsakoff patients differ from control subjects in the way in which they respond to changes in reinforcement contingencies. (Author)

Subjects selected on the basis of their drinking histories (alcoholics, heavy drinkers, and social drinkers, N=24) were tested on a series of tasks in order to assess organizational processes in memory. (Editor)

Attempts a revision and/or regrouping of Bradley's 38 loneliness items into one or more relatively homogeneous subscales for a population of chronic alcoholics. (Author/RK)