abstain

Examples of abstainer

abstainer
It was also observed that maternal hostility in early childhood significantly differentiated abstainers from the other groups of adolescents.
Adolescents who experimented with substances also experienced a lower level of internalizing problem behavior at age 16 compared with abstainers.
Negative expectancies about the effects of alcohol distinguished abstainers from light/typical users, such that abstainers maintained stronger negative expectancies.
Stress and emotional distress did not distinguish abstainers from moderate or light/typical users, and did not distinguish problem users from moderately impaired users.
A different pathway to adolescent substance use is suggested by studies that have compared abstainers and light/experimental or moderate users.
No other variables distinguished abstainers from light\\typical users.
The addict understands that life would be better as an abstainer.
Table 5 shows that the abstainer group had virtually no mental disorder.
First, it allows for the detection of selection biases that might follow from excluding abstainers from the three-choice model.
Findings suggested that adolescent moderate users, compared to abstainers and light users, were more tolerant of deviance and more involved with peers who used drugs.
Research has not clearly established patterns of adaptation for abstainers, thus necessitating a need for further inquiry.
The absolute majority rule gives the abstainers another option, however: defeat the measure while failing to participate.
Adolescents were categorized into alcohol use groups that ranged from abstainers to problem users.
Adolescents identified as at risk were more likely to experience less maternal hostility compared to abstainers in early childhood.
However, this group of youth experienced lower levels of parental monitoring during adolescence compared to experimenters and abstainers.
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