Alcoholism has been perceived to have a psychological dependence with signs of both having a tolerance and to withdrawing from a lack of the substance. Having a tolerance to alcohol usually results in the person taking more doses each time they drink to achieve the same effects they experienced the last time and when a person with a high tolerance stops consuming alcohol they are prone to withdrawal symptoms which can include an increased heart rate, anxiety, and hypertension (Passer, Smith, Atikinson, Mitchell, (2017)). The study being done is the Physiological Alcohol Dependence Symptoms in Early Adulthood looked at by a longitudinal perspective (O’Neill, Sher, (2000)). The reasoning behind this study is to follow individual tolerance and withdrawal symptoms over 7 years, in 450 young adults in
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The baseline sample was 489 young adults (Mean age 18.2 years) taken from a screening sample of 3,156 first years that had a history of alcoholism in their family (O’Neill, Sher, (2000)). Participants were assessed in person, by phone, and were mailed questionnaires and focusing on 450 students which had an equal number of both men and women participants that completed all 5 waves of data (O’Neill, Sher, (2000)). Over the 7 years each participant was asked a series of questions to determine if they had attained any signs of tolerance or withdrawal symptoms to alcohol such as if they experienced needed to consume a larger amount of alcohol each time they drank to feel the effects (O’Neill, Sher, (2000)). Other symptoms were also used on questionnaires to determine any signs of tolerance and withdrawal such as spending time during the day thinking about when they can have their next drink or needing a drink in the morning just to go about the day (O’Neill, Sher,
The baseline sample was 489 young adults (Mean age 18.2 years) taken from a screening sample of 3,156 first years that had a history of alcoholism in their family (O’Neill, Sher, (2000)). Participants were assessed in person, by phone, and were mailed questionnaires and focusing on 450 students which had an equal number of both men and women participants that completed all 5 waves of data (O’Neill, Sher, (2000)). Over the 7 years each participant was asked a series of questions to determine if they had attained any signs of tolerance or withdrawal symptoms to alcohol such as if they experienced needed to consume a larger amount of alcohol each time they drank to feel the effects (O’Neill, Sher, (2000)). Other symptoms were also used on questionnaires to determine any signs of tolerance and withdrawal such as spending time during the day thinking about when they can have their next drink or needing a drink in the morning just to go about the day (O’Neill, Sher,