Scandinavian journal of public health
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Scand J Public Health · Feb 2010
Comparative StudyPsychosocial characteristics of drunk drivers assessed by the Addiction Severity Index, prediction of relapse.
To investigate psychosocial characteristics and problems of a representative sample of Swedish drunk drivers with special consideration of the gender of the driver; analyze criminal records of the drivers before and after enrollment in the study; identify psychosocial predictors of relapse to drunk driving. ⋯ As well as the drunk driving offence, drunk drivers often have other psychosocial problems, female drivers in particular. Already the blood alcohol concentration per se gives some indication of the psychosocial problem profile of a drunk driver and the ASI profile has some prognostic value for relapse in drunk driving.