Outpatient Treatment & the Alcoholic

The general significance of the study can be understood by first recognizing that alcohol abuse is one of the most serious health problems in the United States. Individuals die either directly from the effects of alcohol abuse, or else indirectly from alcohol-related accidents, homicides, suicides, and medical disorders. Indeed, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) estimates that one in four American families is affected adversely by alcohol problems; and, further, that one in seven adults eighteen years of age or older meet the medical and psychological criteria for alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence (NIAAA, 1984).

Given the foregoing it seems reasonable to suggest that effective treatment for the disorder is a national priority. However, maximally effective treatment will only be forthcoming when a complete understanding of the response of alcohol dependent individuals has been attained---this so that interventions can be structured to maximize positive response and minimize or extinguish negative response.

Part of attaining this complete understanding is conducting studies which aim at discovering factors which either positively or nega

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very of significant differences can only be accomplished through the use of non-parametric statistical procedures, procedures which are not as powerful as parametric procedures. Secondly, the collection of frequency data and the attendant consequence of analysis through the use of non-parametric procedures means that the sample size must be large enough to make sure that response categories (gender categories, age categories, income categories) have sufficient numbers of subjects in each to make testing valid. In this regard, there must be sufficient numbers in each category for expected frequencies to be no less than 5 (Linton and Gallo, 1975). If numbers are insufficient, the study will be limited in that there will be a need to collapse across categories. If categories are collapsed across, information will be less precise.  Section 2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Relevant Research and Publications The purpose of this study was to examine whether outpatient intervention in the treatment of alcoholism significantly differed in effectiveness as a function of differences in outpatients' gender, ages, or yearly income. So that the study may be understood within the context of the general literature, this section of the proposal p
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