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A Multivariate Approach to Restricted Drinking

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Clinical Case Studies in the Behavioral Treatment of Alcoholism

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The most significant elements common to persons diagnosed as alcoholic is that they drink too much. Because the range of physiological, psychological, and sociocultural correlates of alcoholism is vast, many authorities in the field reject global etiological theorizing and univariate conceptualizations of alcoholism in favor of a multivariate approach (see, for example, Edwards, 1974; Goldstein & Linden, 1969; Pattison, 1974a, b; Wanberg & Knapp, 1970). The multivariate approach views alcohol dependence not as an entity represented by symptoms but as an array of behaviors and cognitions that collectively produce different types of problems, which are subsequently labeled. To underline this perspective, Horn and Wanberg (1969) have recommended that terms like “alcoholism” and “alcoholic” not be used, for they argue that these terms denote that a specific attribute, “alcoholism,” exists in the unitary fashion implied by the terms.

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Caddy, G.R. (1982). A Multivariate Approach to Restricted Drinking. In: Hay, W.M., Nathan, P.E. (eds) Clinical Case Studies in the Behavioral Treatment of Alcoholism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3415-6_12

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