J Blomqvist
Biographic Data
| ID | 7829407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Blomqvist |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Blomqvist |
| SIGNATURE | BLOMQVIST J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stockholm University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0586-2817 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fat Words or Useful Concepts
The aim of this study was to bring to light the meanings attributed to four concepts denoting problematic drinking—“alcoholism,” “alcohol dependence,” “alcohol misuse,” and “risky drinking”—and to investigate whether individuals’ preferences for using these concepts vary depending on their demographic characteristics, their stakeholder group membership, and their own drinking habits. These questions were examined by means of a vignette experiment…
Perceptions of addiction and recovery in Sweden
Respondents to a representative population survey were asked to rate four psychoactive substances (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and 'hard' drugs) with regard to their severity to society and addictiveness, as well as the options for recovery, with and without treatment, from an addiction to the same substances. This article explores if and how these ratings differ with regard to respondents' socio-demographic characteristics, their own and close pe…
Modeling Ideal Treatment Recommendations
With the aim of examining predictors of social workers' ideal recommendations of inpatient or outpatient treatment for problem substance users, this study applied multilevel logistic regression to factorial survey data collected from a sample of 205 frontline social workers from 36 social services units in Sweden. The results show that social workers' ideal recommendations of inpatient or outpatient treatment are based on evaluations of a number …
Maturing out of drinking problems
This study tested the hypothesis that maturing out descriptions of change were more common among respondents whose drinking problems were less severe prior to reduction and that consequence driven changes were more common among those who had a lifetime diagnosis of alcohol dependence, prior to resolution. As part of a general population telephone survey, former heavy drinkers were asked their reasons for change. These responses were tape-recorded…
Yes, I've Received Treatment”
Aim: To assess what it means when respondents say they have received treatment on population surveys. Method: Former heavy drinkers recruited through a random digit dialing telephone survey were asked about the type, time, and amount of treatment they had received. Results: When respondents indicated that they had received treatment, it appeared that they had a specific treatment in mind, that they completed the treatment program, and that, for t…
Characteristics of Former Heavy Drinkers
This study explored the factors associated with reduction from heavy drinking among three groups: current abstinent, moderate, and reduced drinkers. A random-digit-dialing telephone survey was conducted of 3,006 respondents in Ontario, Canada. Of these, 470 respondents (46% female) met criteria as former heavy drinkers (99 abstinent; 237 moderate; 134 reduced but not moderate drinkers). Quantitative and qualitative questions were used to explore …
Recovery with and without Treatment
An earlier Swedish study compared assisted and unassisted misusers of alcohol, with different long-term drinking outcomes, with regard to drinking patterns, significant life events, and attributions as to what initiated and maintained recovery. It was found that environmental influences had a great, albeit somewhat different impact on the recovery processes in both assisted and unassisted subjects. A subsequent replication of this study, but on d…
The “Swedish model” of dealing with alcohol problems
The paper describes and analyzes the development of prevention and care of alcohol problems in Sweden, from the emergence of the temperance issue as a public concern at the turn of the 19th century to the economic and ideological changes that seem to challenge the “Swedish model” of dealing with alcohol problems 100 years later. By applying an analytical model that transcends the common “badness-illness” dualism and provides a bridge between a so…
Modeling Ideal Treatment Recommendations
With the aim of examining predictors of social workers' ideal recommendations of inpatient or outpatient treatment for problem substance users, this study applied multilevel logistic regression to factorial survey data collected from a sample of 205 frontline social workers from 36 social services units in Sweden. The results show that social workers' ideal recommendations of inpatient or outpatient treatment are based on evaluations of a number …
Characteristics of Former Heavy Drinkers
This study explored the factors associated with reduction from heavy drinking among three groups: current abstinent, moderate, and reduced drinkers. A random-digit-dialing telephone survey was conducted of 3,006 respondents in Ontario, Canada. Of these, 470 respondents (46% female) met criteria as former heavy drinkers (99 abstinent; 237 moderate; 134 reduced but not moderate drinkers). Quantitative and qualitative questions were used to explore …
The “Swedish model” of dealing with alcohol problems
The paper describes and analyzes the development of prevention and care of alcohol problems in Sweden, from the emergence of the temperance issue as a public concern at the turn of the 19th century to the economic and ideological changes that seem to challenge the “Swedish model” of dealing with alcohol problems 100 years later. By applying an analytical model that transcends the common “badness-illness” dualism and provides a bridge between a so…
The “Swedish model” of dealing with alcohol problems
The paper describes and analyzes the development of prevention and care of alcohol problems in Sweden, from the emergence of the temperance issue as a public concern at the turn of the 19th century to the economic and ideological changes that seem to challenge the “Swedish model” of dealing with alcohol problems 100 years later. By applying an analytical model that transcends the common “badness-illness” dualism and provides a bridge between a so…
Recovery with and without Treatment
An earlier Swedish study compared assisted and unassisted misusers of alcohol, with different long-term drinking outcomes, with regard to drinking patterns, significant life events, and attributions as to what initiated and maintained recovery. It was found that environmental influences had a great, albeit somewhat different impact on the recovery processes in both assisted and unassisted subjects. A subsequent replication of this study, but on d…
Characteristics of Former Heavy Drinkers
This study explored the factors associated with reduction from heavy drinking among three groups: current abstinent, moderate, and reduced drinkers. A random-digit-dialing telephone survey was conducted of 3,006 respondents in Ontario, Canada. Of these, 470 respondents (46% female) met criteria as former heavy drinkers (99 abstinent; 237 moderate; 134 reduced but not moderate drinkers). Quantitative and qualitative questions were used to explore …
Maturing out of drinking problems
This study tested the hypothesis that maturing out descriptions of change were more common among respondents whose drinking problems were less severe prior to reduction and that consequence driven changes were more common among those who had a lifetime diagnosis of alcohol dependence, prior to resolution. As part of a general population telephone survey, former heavy drinkers were asked their reasons for change. These responses were tape-recorded…
Yes, I've Received Treatment”
Aim: To assess what it means when respondents say they have received treatment on population surveys. Method: Former heavy drinkers recruited through a random digit dialing telephone survey were asked about the type, time, and amount of treatment they had received. Results: When respondents indicated that they had received treatment, it appeared that they had a specific treatment in mind, that they completed the treatment program, and that, for t…
Modeling Ideal Treatment Recommendations
With the aim of examining predictors of social workers' ideal recommendations of inpatient or outpatient treatment for problem substance users, this study applied multilevel logistic regression to factorial survey data collected from a sample of 205 frontline social workers from 36 social services units in Sweden. The results show that social workers' ideal recommendations of inpatient or outpatient treatment are based on evaluations of a number …
Perceptions of addiction and recovery in Sweden
Respondents to a representative population survey were asked to rate four psychoactive substances (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and 'hard' drugs) with regard to their severity to society and addictiveness, as well as the options for recovery, with and without treatment, from an addiction to the same substances. This article explores if and how these ratings differ with regard to respondents' socio-demographic characteristics, their own and close pe…
Fat Words or Useful Concepts
The aim of this study was to bring to light the meanings attributed to four concepts denoting problematic drinking—“alcoholism,” “alcohol dependence,” “alcohol misuse,” and “risky drinking”—and to investigate whether individuals’ preferences for using these concepts vary depending on their demographic characteristics, their stakeholder group membership, and their own drinking habits. These questions were examined by means of a vignette experiment…
Psychology (7 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Gambling Behavior and Treatments (3 works)