High-risk situations for engaging in substance abuse and binge-eating behaviors.
Self-reports of high-risk events, situations and experiences associated with substance abuse and binge-eating behaviors were examined in a sample of hospitalized patients being treated for both problems. The question being posed in the present study is: Are the high-risk situations for heavy drinking and binge eating similar or different? Results suggest some similarities in the intensity of specific high-risk situations as represented by questionnaire subscale scores, for both of the problem behaviors, but they point to interesting differences as well. The hierarchical importance of the high-risk situations for the two behaviors were markedly different.
Filstead
W J
WJ
Parkside Lutheran Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068.
Parrella
D P
DP
Ebbitt
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*