The language of intoxication: The term 'drunk' doesn't really cut it any more
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 10:21
in Psychology & Sociology
The language that drinkers typically use to describe alcohol's effects on them are quite different from the language used by alcohol researchers, no doubt limiting researchers' understanding of self-reported alcohol use. New findings show that researchers could do well to tap into a wide spectrum of terms used by drinkers to describe their levels of intoxication; also, these tend to differ by gender...