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| Sarah E ZemoreSummaryAffiliation: Alcohol Research Group Country: USA Publications
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Helping, spirituality and Alcoholics Anonymous in recoverySarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Suite 300, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:383-91. 2004..The purpose of this study is to examine how helping activities and spirituality--perhaps key influences on sobriety--change over recovery. The study also explores interrelations among Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), helping and spirituality...
Involvement in 12-step activities and treatment outcomesSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608 1010, USA
Subst Abus 34:60-9. 2013..The results suggest a need for enhanced facilitation of key activities even in typical 12-step-oriented treatment...
The 2008-2009 recession and alcohol outcomes: differential exposure and vulnerability for black and latino populationsSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 74:9-20. 2013....
The effect of social desirability on reported motivation, substance use severity, and treatment attendanceSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Ave, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608 1010, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 42:400-12. 2012..Results underline a critical problem in measuring motivation and problem severity that has been largely neglected...
Racial prejudice and unfair treatment: interactive effects with poverty and foreign nativity on problem drinkingSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, California 94608 1010, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 72:361-70. 2011..The current study describes the independent and interactive effects of perceived prejudice, perceived unfair treatment, poverty, and foreign nativity on problem drinking outcomes among Black and Latino adults...
Development and validation of the Alcoholics Anonymous Intention Measure (AAIM)Sarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608 1010, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 104:204-11. 2009..We aim to determine whether the theory of planned behavior (TPB) can be applied to 12-step involvement, and to develop and validate a scale of 12-step readiness based on that theory: the Alcoholics Anonymous Intention Measure (AAIM)...
Kickbacks from helping others: health and recoverySarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Ave, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
Recent Dev Alcohol 18:141-66. 2008..Recommendations for further research are to address these limitations. Particularly useful would be research designing and testing interventions aiming to increase helping, perhaps informed by social model programs and principles...
12-step involvement and peer helping in day hospital and residential programsSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
Subst Use Misuse 43:1882-903. 2008..Results contribute to the 12-step facilitation literature; confirm prior results regarding benefits of mutual aid; and highlight methodological issues in helping research. The study's limitations are noted...
Gender, acculturation, and other barriers to alcohol treatment utilization among Latinos in three National Alcohol SurveysSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Ave, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608 1010, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 36:446-56. 2009..Associations between language of interview and treatment utilization imply a need for outreach and culturally sensitive programming...
In 12-step groups, helping helps the helperSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, CA 94709 2176, USA
Addiction 99:1015-23. 2004..The current study examines whether clients in treatment for alcohol and drug problems benefit from helping others, and how helping relates to 12-step involvement...
Re-examining whether and why acculturation relates to drinking outcomes in a rigorous, national survey of LatinosSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:2144-53. 2005..This research re-examines associations between acculturation and alcohol use, addressing the most troubling of these limitations. The research also explores mediators of the association, and the dimensional structure of acculturation...
Helping as healing among recovering alcoholicsSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
South Med J 100:447-50. 2007..The ability to see beyond such dualities may be part of what AA, NA, and other mutual help groups offer...
Services received and treatment outcomes in day-hospital and residential programsSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 35:232-44. 2008..Findings suggest that residential and day-hospital programs might maximize outcomes by facilitating optional 12-step involvement and sober recreation, respectively...
A role for spiritual change in the benefits of 12-step involvementSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:76s-79s. 2007..The current study examines the hypothesis that spiritual change helps mediate (or explain) effects for involvement in 12-step groups on recovery outcomes among substance-abusing populations...
Acculturation and alcohol among Latino adults in the United States: a comprehensive reviewSarah E Zemore
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, California 94608, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:1968-90. 2007..In light of the inconsistent evidence associating acculturation with drinking outcomes among Latinos in the United States, the current paper comprehensively reviews the literature on this topic...
Neighborhood disadvantage and adult alcohol outcomes: differential risk by race and genderKatherine J Karriker-Jaffe
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:865-73. 2012....
Social disadvantage, stress, and alcohol use among black, Hispanic, and white Americans: findings from the 2005 U.S. National Alcohol SurveyNina Mulia
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, California 94608 1010, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:824-33. 2008..This study examines social disadvantage as a source of stress and analyzes its association with alcohol use and problems in the three largest racial/ethnic groups in the United States...
Disparities in alcohol-related problems among white, black, and Hispanic AmericansNina Mulia
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, California 94608 1010, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 33:654-62. 2009..We examine whether and how disparities relate to heavy alcohol consumption and pattern, and the extent to which social disadvantage (poverty, unfair treatment, and racial/ethnic stigma) accounts for observed disparities...
Associations between acculturation and alcohol consumption of Latino men in the United StatesKatherine J Karriker-Jaffe
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite 400, Emeryville, California 94608 1010, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:27-31. 2009....
Effectiveness of Making Alcoholics Anonymous Easier: a group format 12-step facilitation approachLee Ann Kaskutas
Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Emeryville, CA 94608 1010, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:228-39. 2009..MAAEZ appeared especially effective for those with more prior AA exposure, severe psychiatric problems, and atheists/agnostics. MAAEZ represents an evidence-based intervention that is easily implemented in existing treatment programs...
Social adversity, stress, and alcohol problems: Are racial/ethnic minorities and the poor more vulnerable?Nina Mulia
Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:570-80. 2012....
Understanding results from randomized trials: use of program- and client-level data to study medical and nonmedical treatment programsLee Ann Kaskutas
Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley, California 94709, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:682-7. 2005..Using both approaches, this article strives to better understand inconsistent results from a trial comparing medical and nonmedical group-format day treatment...
Research Grants
- Acculturation and Alcohol among U.S. LatinasSarah Zemore; Fiscal Year: 2007....
