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Read the article, “Do men with excessive alcohol consumption and social stability have an addictive personality?” and identify the research questions and/or hypotheses as they are stated in the article. As you read the article, consider the following questions: What are the variables (sample sizes, population, treatments, etc.)? What are the descriptive statistics used in this article (frequencies, means, etc.)? Write a two- to three-page paper presenting the information listed below. Your paper must contain a title page and a reference page formatted in APA style. Cite any references made to the article within the body of the paper in correct APA format. Your paper should begin with an introduction paragraph that includes a thesis statement and ends with a concluding paragraph. The concluding paragraph should summarize the major points made in the body of the paper and reaffirm the thesis. When writing the article critique, your paper must: 1. Determine what question(s) the authors are trying to answer through this research. 2. Determine the hypothesis being tested and the concepts that were applied in this process. 3. Evaluate the article and critique the statistical analysis employed in the study. o Would you have included more and/or different variables? Explain your answer. 4. Examine the assumptions and limitations of the statistical study. o What would you have done differently in this case? Why? 5. Identify how the authors applied statistical testing to the problem. 6. Interpret the findings of the author(s) using statistical concepts. Berglund, K., Roman, E., Balldin, J., Berggren, U., Eriksson, M., Gustavsson, P., & Fahlke, C. (2011). Do men with excessive alcohol consumption and social stability have an addictive personality? Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 52(3), 257-260. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. .
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Many people believe that those who consume alcohol excessively are in the same group
of multi-dimensional typology. As such, it assumed that they have an addictive personality. The
typologies are classified into two that is alcoholism type 1 and 2. Those who are said to have
type 1 alcoholism have the characteristics of social stability. At the same time, it is assumed that
they have late onset of addiction. On the other hand, type 2 have early onset of alcoholism thus
being severe dependence on social stability. All the same, people who consume alcohol
excessively have resembling characteristics of type 1 alcoholic. In simple terms, they have few
problems on late onset, less social complications as well as less psychopathological signs. The
article shows that there is no relation between excessive alcohol consumption and addictive
personality.
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