Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology
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Distinctive clinical correlates of hazardous drinking

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Department of Psychiatry, Bugok National Hospital, Changnyong, Republic of Korea

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Department of Psychiatry, Inje University School of Medicine, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Pusan, Republic of Korea

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Department of Psychiatry, Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea

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Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Republic of Korea

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 2019; 29: 817-821
DOI: 10.1080/24750573.2019.1672246
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The present study was conducted to identify clinical correlates of hazardous drinking (HD). The data were derived from the Korean Research for Development of Alcohol Addiction Diagnosis and Assessment System. Variable measurement were personal characteristics, lifetime alcohol use history, Motivational Structure Questionnaire for alcoholics, Alcohol Outcome Expectancies Scale, and Alcohol Dependence Scale. Behavioural, psychiatric, and psychological factors were evaluated by responses to the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, Jung Self Rating Depression Scale, Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11, State Traits Anxiety Inventory, and State Trait Anger Expression Inventory. The valid sample comprised 295 male drinkers, 89 subjects (30.2%) were classified as HD, and 209 (69.8%) were in the non-HD (NHD) group by NIAAA criteria. The results of binary logistic analysis showed that age at the first blackout, coping, and social motives for alcohol use, and non-planning impulsiveness increased the likelihood of HD net of each other’s effects, and the final model explained 29.6% (Negelkerke R2 ) of the variation in HD

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