Blusewicz M J, Schenkenberg T, Dustman R E, Beck E C
J Clin Psychol. 1977 Oct;33(4):1149-53. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<1149::aid-jclp2270330451>3.0.co;2-c.
Investigated the effects of alcoholism and advanced age on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) performance and tested the validity of indices of "organicity" and "mental aging" derived from WAIS scores. The WAIS was administered to three groups of 20 males each: young normal (mean age 31 years), young alcoholic (mean age 33 years), and elderly normal (mean age 71 years. In terms of scaled scores, the young normal group was generally superior to the other groups on Verbal and Performance subtests, and the alcoholic and elderly groups resembled each other more on the Verbal than the Performance subtests. In view of an almost 40-year difference in age between the young alcoholic and the elderly normal Ss, similarities in pattern of performance provided some evidence for the hypothesis of "premature aging" in alcholics.
研究了酗酒和高龄对韦氏成人智力量表（WAIS）表现的影响，并检验了从WAIS分数得出的“器质性”和“心理老化”指标的有效性。对三组各20名男性进行了WAIS测试：年轻正常组（平均年龄31岁）、年轻酗酒组（平均年龄33岁）和老年正常组（平均年龄71岁）。在量表分数方面，年轻正常组在言语和操作分测验上总体优于其他组，酗酒组和老年组在言语分测验上的相似性高于操作分测验。鉴于年轻酗酒者和老年正常受试者之间年龄相差近40岁，表现模式的相似性为酗酒者“早衰”假说提供了一些证据。
