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.
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
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