Browsing by Author "Gliksman, Louis"

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ALCOHOL USE AND ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS: American Vs Canadian Students Implications for public policy
(1990) Engs, Ruth Clifford; Smythe, Cynthia; Gliksman, Louis
PURPOSE: the purpose of this study was to compare alcohol consumption and the number of problems associated with alcohol use between students attending universities in Ontario, Canada and the North-Central portion of the United States. SAMPLE: A convenience sample of 4,911 Canadian and 1,687 American students were selected. RESULTS: the results revealed significant differences in the amount of alcohol consumed and the number of alcohol-related problems experienced between the Canadian and American students, between males and females and between students in different years of study for alcohol consumption. A steady decrease in consumption from year 1 to year 4 of Canadian students and a steady increase in the corresponding groups for the American sample was found. This same pattern was observed for the number of problems related to drinking. CONCLUSIONS: it was concluded that the 19 year old drinking law in Ontario might help students to reach more responsible drinking at an earlier age as opposed to the 21 year old law in the USA. Practical and more realistic alcohol education for Ontario youth compared to the USA sample might also be a factor.
Influence of Religion and Culture on Drinking Behaviours: A Test of Hypotheses Between Canada and the USA
(British Journal of Addiction, 1990) Engs, Ruth Clifford; Hanson, David; Gliksman, Louis; Smythe, Cynthia
American Roman Catholic and mainstream Protestant students consume more alcohol and have more alcohol abuse problem compared to Canadian students within the same religious groups. Among abstinent oriented Protestants there was no difference in regards to alcohol consumption or problems related to drinking between the countries. For Jews there were mixed results with Americans exhibiting similar consumption rates but reporting more problems related to drinking compared to the Canadians. Among this sample it was concluded that religious norms have a greater influence in cohesive religious groups while cultural norms are more influential among less cohesive groups. The results also support the Canadian 'Mosaic' and American 'Melting Pot' assumption.
Responders vs. Non-Responders to a Mail Survey: Are They Different?
(Canadian Evaluation Society, 1992) Gliksman, Louis; Smythe, Cynthia; Engs, Ruth Clifford