The phrase "abuse and control groups" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions related to social issues, psychology, or studies involving power dynamics and victimization.
Example: "The research focused on the impact of abuse and control groups on mental health outcomes for survivors."
Alternatives: "oppressive groups" or "manipulative organizations".
Age and sex distribution, HDL, smoking percentage, and percentage of alcohol abuse showed no difference between hypertensive and control groups.
Participants in the clinical and control groups who met criteria for psychotic disorder or substance abuse, as screened by the instruments used in the study, were excluded.
The shoplifting group exhibited less impulsive behavior, substance abuse, antisocial features, borderline personality disorder, and past bulimia than did the drug-offense and control groups.
The present study compared PSU groups and control groups in the community rather than clearly defined clinical groups fulfilling criteria for manifest substance abuse.
were determined for experimental and control groups.
Patients in the PTSD and control groups had experienced a range of traumas, including involvement in the July 7th 2005 London bombings (PTSD = 4; control = 5), childhood sexual abuse (PTSD = 5; control = 0), rape/sexual assault (PTSD = 1; control = 2), military trauma (PTSD = 3; control = 1), interpersonal violence (PTSD = 3; control = 1).
– The objective of our study was to evaluate the psychological consequences of real-world AAS use in athletes abusing such agents, in comparison with a placebo and control group of comparable athletes, while correlating the severity of abuse with the side effects observed.
Considering that MDD and controls groups are matched for demographic variables (Table 1), results here are unlike to have suffered influence of gender, age, alcohol abuse, smoking, postmortem interval and refrigeration interval.
Group mean demographic data are provided for drug abuse and control cases in Table 1, which demonstrate that brain pH, PMI, age and gender did not differ significantly between drug abusers and their individual control tetrads.
