The purpose of this research is to describe the course of late-life problem drinking, and to examine how life stressors and social resources, coping responses, and treatment influence the development, maintenance, and remission of late-life problem drinking and alcoholism. Two projects are being conducted to fulfill this purpose. The first project focuses on a community sample of problem-drinking and nonproblem drinking older adults. Its main objectives are to: (a) examine the correlates and predictors of 1- and 4-year changes in late-life problem drinking and related aspects of functioning, and in mortality (b) trace the 10-year course of late-life problem drinking and identify the rates and predictors of remission and relapse; and (c) focus on the role of stress and coping processes in late-life problem drinking. The second project focuses on two cohorts of older patients who have been diagnosed with and treated for alcohol dependence or abuse. Its objectives parallel those of the first project: (a) examine the correlates and predictors of 1- and 4-year changes in late-life alcoholism and related aspects of functioning, and in mortality; (b) trace the 10-year course of late-life alcoholism and identify the rates and predictors of remission and relapse; and (c) focus on the role of stress and coping processes among older alcoholic patients.
| Bi, Xiaoyu; Moos, Rudolf H; Timko, Christine et al. (2015) Family conflict and somatic symptoms over 10 years: a growth mixture model analysis. J Psychosom Res 78:459-65 |
| Brennan, Penny L; Schutte, Kathleen K; Moos, Bernice S et al. (2011) Twenty-year alcohol-consumption and drinking-problem trajectories of older men and women. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 72:308-21 |
| Moos, Rudolf H; Schutte, Kathleen K; Brennan, Penny L et al. (2011) Personal, family and social functioning among older couples concordant and discordant for high-risk alcohol consumption. Addiction 106:324-34 |
| Moos, Rudolf H; Brennan, Penny L; Schutte, Kathleen K et al. (2010) Social and financial resources and high-risk alcohol consumption among older adults. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:646-54 |
| Brennan, Penny L; Schutte, Kathleen K; Moos, Rudolf H (2010) Retired status and older adults' 10-year drinking trajectories. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:165-8 |
| Brennan, Penny L; Schutte, Kathleen K; Moos, Rudolf H (2010) Patterns and predictors of late-life drinking trajectories: a 10-year longitudinal study. Psychol Addict Behav 24:254-64 |
| Moos, Rudolf H; Brennan, Penny L; Schutte, Kathleen K et al. (2010) Spouses of older adults with late-life drinking problems: health, family, and social functioning. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:506-14 |
| Moos, Rudolf H; Brennan, Penny L; Schutte, Kathleen K et al. (2010) Older adults' health and late-life drinking patterns: a 20-year perspective. Aging Ment Health 14:33-43 |
| Moos, Rudolf H; Schutte, Kathleen K; Brennan, Penny L et al. (2010) Late-life and life history predictors of older adults' high-risk alcohol consumption and drinking problems. Drug Alcohol Depend 108:13-20 |
| Schutte, Kathleen K; Brennan, Penny L; Moos, Rudolf H (2009) Treated and untreated remission from problem drinking in late life: post-remission functioning and health-related quality of life. Drug Alcohol Depend 99:150-9 |
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