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Drinking Experience versus Personality Factors as Predictors of Tolerance for Alcohol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Barbara J. Powell ,
Donald W. Goodwin  and
David Bremer
Barbara J. Powell
Affiliation:
Malcolm Bliss Mental Health Center, 1420 Grattan Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63104
Donald W. Goodwin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University Medical School, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
David Bremer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Washington University, Lindell & Skinker Blvds., St. Louis, Missouri 63130
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It has been demonstrated that experience with alcohol leads to a decrease in its behavioural effects (Jellinek, 1960). There is also evidence that personality factors affect tolerance for alcohol; for example, psychological adjustment (Vogel, 1958), extraversion (Drew, Colquhoun and Long, 1958) and field dependence (Smith and Carpenter, 1966) have been reported to be associated with alcohol effects.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 569 , April 1973 , pp. 415 - 417
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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