Berthold Brenner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3633996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Berthold Brenner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Berthold |
| FAMILY NAME | Brenner |
| SIGNATURE | BRENNER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Mental Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Enjoyment as a preventive of depressive affect
Previous work suggests two mechanisms whereby finding enjoyment in life decreases the likelihood of depressive affect: (a) enjoyment counteracts depressive affect and (b) failure to find enjoyment is itself a stimulus for depressive affect. The present study, based on interviews with 2168 adults in two communities, yields findings which are consistent with the proposition that satisfaction with major life areas is a factor in finding enjoyment in…
Quality of affect and self-evaluated happiness
Patterns of Alcohol Use, Happiness and the Satisfaction of Wants
The impact of the various alternate patterns of alcohol use on the happiness of those doing pretty well and those not doing too well in getting the things they want from life was explored on the basis of the replies of 1,515 adults in a national sample survey by interview conducted in 1963. Doing pretty well was reported by 82% of the sample; 53% of those doing well and 45% of those not doing well usually drank small amounts (up to 2 drinks of di…
Alcoholism and Fatal Accidents
In order to study and assess the relationship between alcoholism and accident mortality, the number of accidental deaths among 1,343 San Francisco Bay Area alcoholics was compared to that expected on the basis of the age-and sex-specific death rates for Bay Area residents. These alcoholics were selected from among the alcoholic admissions during 1954–1957 to four California alcoholism treatment facilities and were followed from their date of admi…
Estimating the Prevalence of Alcoholism from Vital Rates
On Suicide Rate Differentials in Tulsa
In a communication which appeared in this journal 1 it was noted that, at least on the basis of an analysis of available data, the Theory of Status Integration of Gibbs and Martin 2 fails to explain Powell's observation that among the white males in the Standard Metropolitan Area of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the suicide rate of those in the professional-managerial category has been consistently higher than the rate for those in the sales-clerical and craf…
Estimating the Prevalence of Alcoholism
Estimating the Prevalence of Alcoholism
Estimating the Prevalence of Alcoholism from Vital Rates
On Suicide Rate Differentials in Tulsa
In a communication which appeared in this journal 1 it was noted that, at least on the basis of an analysis of available data, the Theory of Status Integration of Gibbs and Martin 2 fails to explain Powell's observation that among the white males in the Standard Metropolitan Area of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the suicide rate of those in the professional-managerial category has been consistently higher than the rate for those in the sales-clerical and craf…
Patterns of Alcohol Use, Happiness and the Satisfaction of Wants
The impact of the various alternate patterns of alcohol use on the happiness of those doing pretty well and those not doing too well in getting the things they want from life was explored on the basis of the replies of 1,515 adults in a national sample survey by interview conducted in 1963. Doing pretty well was reported by 82% of the sample; 53% of those doing well and 45% of those not doing well usually drank small amounts (up to 2 drinks of di…
Alcoholism and Fatal Accidents
In order to study and assess the relationship between alcoholism and accident mortality, the number of accidental deaths among 1,343 San Francisco Bay Area alcoholics was compared to that expected on the basis of the age-and sex-specific death rates for Bay Area residents. These alcoholics were selected from among the alcoholic admissions during 1954–1957 to four California alcoholism treatment facilities and were followed from their date of admi…
Enjoyment as a preventive of depressive affect
Previous work suggests two mechanisms whereby finding enjoyment in life decreases the likelihood of depressive affect: (a) enjoyment counteracts depressive affect and (b) failure to find enjoyment is itself a stimulus for depressive affect. The present study, based on interviews with 2168 adults in two communities, yields findings which are consistent with the proposition that satisfaction with major life areas is a factor in finding enjoyment in…
Quality of affect and self-evaluated happiness
Psychology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Medical emergency (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Demography (2 works)