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title: What does research say about women who struggle with alcohol?
description: This is a 1975 review of existing studies, not a new study; it summarises what was known about women alcoholics and says more research is needed, but it does
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Review, 1975

# What does research say about women who struggle with alcohol?

This is a 1975 review of existing studies, not a new study; it summarises what was known about women alcoholics and says more research is needed, but it does not report new results.

 Early or limited evidence

Not a single study group; a review of existing research on women alcoholics.

## What they did

This is a review paper, not a new experiment. The authors looked at existing research on social-history factors, personality traits, social roles and role confusion, and treatment methods for women who are alcoholics.

## What they found

The review covers existing work on social-history variables, personality characteristics, social roles, and treatment approaches for women alcoholics, but it does not give specific results or numbers. It calls for more research on what motivates women to drink, personality theories, new treatment methods, and differences between subgroups of women alcoholics.

## What it means for you

This paper is a summary of older research, not a test of any treatment, and it gives no numbers or outcomes of its own. It is about alcohol use, not PMS or PMDD, so it has no direct bearing on menstrual symptoms.

## About the study

Original title Women alcoholics. A review of social and psychological studies Authors Beckman LJ Journal Journal of studies on alcohol Year 1975 Study design Review What was tested None. This is a literature review, not a treatment study. Read the paper [doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1975.36.797](https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1975.36.797)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Alcohol, smoking and substance use](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-substance-use/)

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