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Comorbidity of alcohol and anxiety disorders among college students: effects of gender and family history of alcoholism.
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Addictive behaviors [Addict Behav] 1993 Sep-Oct; Vol. 18 (5), pp. 543-52. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- We evaluated the effects of gender and family history for alcoholism on the co-occurrence of anxiety disorders and alcohol disorders ("comorbidity") in a large university student sample (N = 489). A structured diagnostic interview was used to elicit life-time histories of anxiety disorder (29%) and alcohol disorder (26%). The proportion of subjects receiving an alcohol diagnosis was significantly greater among those with an anxiety diagnosis (39% vs. 21%). Male subjects, as well as those with a parental history of alcoholism, had a significantly greater base-rate of alcohol disorder than did other subjects. However, these factors did not affect the relative increase in risk for an alcohol disorder associated with the presence of an anxiety disorder; that is, these factors did not interact with (i.e., moderate) comorbidity risk. In discussing these results, we emphasize issues relevant to identifying and distinguishing between interaction effects and base-rate effects in comorbidity studies.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Alcohol Drinking epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking genetics
Alcohol Drinking psychology
Alcoholism epidemiology
Alcoholism psychology
Anxiety Disorders epidemiology
Anxiety Disorders psychology
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Missouri epidemiology
Personality Inventory
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Alcoholism genetics
Anxiety Disorders genetics
Child of Impaired Parents psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0306-4603
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Addictive behaviors
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8310873
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4603(93)90070-p