Biomedical subjects

T Cellucci

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PubMed2001

Stability and correlates of the California Verbal Learning Test for a sample of normal elderly persons.

The test-retest stability of the California Verbal Learning Test was examined for a normal elderly sample of 28 men and 74 women along with the correlation for total recall with scores on selected variables. Mean age was 72 yr. The test was re-administered after one year. Mean total recall did not change; the stability coefficient was .64. Coefficients for the other scores ranged considerably (.27 for recognition hits to .62 for perseverations) and were compared with prior research findings. Recall was moderately correlated with scores on the North American Reading Test, Trails B, visual reproductions, and subjective memory ability.

Adult↗

PubMed1998

The MMPI-2 Gender-role scales as measures of sex-typing.

The validity of the MMPI-2 Gender-role GM/GF scales as measures of sex-typing was examined relative to gender classification using the Personality Attributes Questionnaires. Although mean differences by sex were in the expected direction, the scales did not distinguish sex-typed, androgynous, and undifferentiated subjects. Correlations with the PAQ gender scales provided some support for the criterion validity of Gender-role GM scale for both men and women and the Gender-role GF scale for women.

Adult↗

PubMed1997

Case formulation and behavioral treatment of chronic cough.

The present report describes the case formulation and successful treatment of a 13 year-old boy with a severe habitual cough persisting 2 months after hospitalization, despite negative physical findings. At initial assessment, he literally coughed at every breath and was on housebound instruction. The case formulation highlighted the etiological importance of classical conditioning to breathing in air and the subsequent development of a nervous habit. Treatment was conducted over six sessions and initially involved desensitization to increasing amounts of air flow. A second phase involved strengthening awareness and control over coughing at home using self-management and positive practice procedures. The case formulation, treatment procedures and changes in coughing behavior (2-year follow-up) are described.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1992

Personality characteristics of cocaine and alcohol abusers: more alike than different.

Although there is extensive literature describing the characteristics of individuals entering treatment for alcoholism, few research reports are available describing the personality characteristics of individuals addicted to cocaine. Forty-four matched patient pairs, one member of each pair who abused cocaine and the other alcohol, were compared on the basis of their Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles. The subjects were matched on the basis of age, sex, and race from a larger population entering an inpatient addiction treatment center. Statistical analysis revealed more similarities than differences between the two groups, with the average profile type for both cocaine and alcohol abusers being 4-2. These results are discussed in the context of previous reports of psychopathology among cocaine abusers and personality theories of drug choice. The number of different code types within each substance abuse group is also reported and the concept of profile heterogeneity supported. Profile subtypes among cocaine patients are described clinically along with their implications for treatment.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1992

Reply to Duryea.

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Accidents, Traffic↗

PubMed1991

Effects of a school-based alcohol education program with a media prevention component.

The effects of an alcohol education presentation with a media component of public service announcements were evaluated. The presentation was conducted over three (consecutive) days with 10th and 11th grade students in a rural area of South Carolina. The professionally produced announcements focused on drinking and driving. 52 subjects were assigned by classroom to either of two treatment groups or a control condition. Both treatment groups received the educational presentation but differed in that Group 2 was also exposed to the videotaped announcements. Effects of exposure were evaluated in separate measures of knowledge, attitudes, and alcohol involvement, using a pre-posttest design, with a 1-mo. follow-up. Analysis showed an effect of over-all program on knowledge at follow-up, but none on attitudes or alcohol involvement. These findings and their implications are discussed in the context of previous evaluations of alcohol education programs and media efforts.

Accidents, Traffic↗

PubMed1982

Do quantity-frequency data underestimate drinking-related health risks?

Identifying health impairment related to ethanol consumption is one of the major objectives of public health research. The most frequently used method for assessing drinking behavior in public health surveys and related research has been estimation formulae, like the Quantity-Frequency (QF) method which derives an estimate of typical/average levels of daily consumption. In recent years, questions have arisen as to whether the QF method can accurately reflect actual drinking patterns. This study compares a QF method of assessing daily drinking behavior with a newer, more quantitative method (Time-Line, TL) of assessing daily drinking. The QF and TL methods yielded similar mean daily ethanol consumption levels; however, in contrast to the TL method, the QF method seriously masked subjects' actual drinking patterns by failing to identify certain types of ethanol consumption days, especially those thought to be associated with health risks. These findings, while provocative, were obtained with a small number of subjects (N = 40). Extrapolation to populations other than problem drinkers, while likely, awaits further empirical validation.

Adult↗