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Medical and Social Aspects of Alcohol Abuse pp 273–308Cite as

Psychological Correlates and Explanations of Alcohol Use and Abuse

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There are a number of psychological correlates and explanations for the excessive consumption of alcohol. The selection of topics covered in this chapter represents the major psychological approaches used to explain excessive alcohol use, namely, the psychodynamic, disease, and behavioral/social learning models. Research on the psychological aspects of alcohol consumption is relatively new. An attempt has been made to present the basic ideas of each of the models along with research evidence and methodological issues pertaining to their evaluation. Each of the models presented has contributed to our continuing attempts to understand the complex mechanisms and issues involved in excessive alcohol use. As our theoretical and methodological sophistication increases, further refinement of each of these approaches seems likely. For the present, they represent laudable initial efforts to develop psychological frameworks within which one can study and treat problem drinking.

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