Job Satisfaction, Job Reward Characteristics, and Employees' Problem Drinking Behaviors

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
JACK K. MARTIN ◽  
PAUL M. ROMAN
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Drinking Behaviors ◽  
Reward Characteristics

Alcoholism Prevention/Treatment and Native American Youth: A Community Approach

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Daniel Edwards ◽  
Margie E. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Indian Children ◽  
Group Approach ◽  
Prevention Education ◽  
Prevention Interventions ◽  
Drinking Behaviors ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Alternative Activities

This paper addresses prevention, education and treatment approaches for combatting problems of alcohol abuse with American Indian children, adolescents and their families. Community involvement is emphasized. Included are primary prevention interventions which promote alternative activities to drinking while emphasizing positive feelings of self-esteem and identity. Also recommended are secondary prevention alcoholism programs which provide information regarding alcohol while encouraging responsible decision-making regarding drinking behaviors. Additional suggestions identify resources which can be made available to Indian youth who are developing problem-drinking behaviors. A task group approach is recommended for identifying problem-drinking behaviors in specific communities and developing viable programs to address these needs.

Family Emotional Security and Problem Drinking Among Young Adult Males in Romantic Relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 300-305
Author(s):  
Alexandra Barringer ◽  
Lauren M. Papp
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Family System ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Emotional Security ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Problematic Drinking ◽  
The Family ◽  
Drinking Behaviors

The current study evaluated the unique associations between three dimensions of emotional security in the family system (security, disengagement, and preoccupation) and problem drinking among romantically partnered males aged 18–30 years. The sample consisted of 49 males who were recruited with their partners as part of a broader study on substance behaviors. It was hypothesized that security in the family system (i.e., secure appraisals) would be negatively related to problematic drinking, whereas insecure appraisals (i.e., preoccupation and disengagement) would be positively related to problematic drinking. It was also hypothesized that living with a substance abuser during childhood would moderate family security–problem drinking associations. Regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses. Disengagement from the family system uniquely predicted higher levels of problematic drinking, accounting for participant age and partner drinking levels. Moderating results showed that the link between disengagement and drinking behaviors was significantly stronger among males who had lived in childhood with someone who abused substances compared to those who did not. The findings encourage consideration of family and romantic relationship contexts as future research and intervention targets for understanding problematic drinking behaviors in young adulthood.

scholarly journals Problem Drinking Predicts Functional Health and Mortality Risk 10 Years Later in the MIDUS Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 404-404
Author(s):  
Sara Miller ◽  
David Almeida ◽  
Jennifer Maggs
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Drinking Behaviors

Abstract The current study examined whether problem drinking in older adulthood is associated with greater longitudinal risk of functional impairment and mortality through 2016. Problem drinking consists of patterns of alcohol use resulting in symptoms of alcohol dependence or health and social consequences. Participants were adults (n=2654, 56.1% female) from Wave 2 (mean age=55, range=30-84) and Wave 3 (mean age=64, range=39-93) of the Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) Study. Participants reported problem drinking behaviors (e.g., alcohol related role interference) and any disability in basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL, iADL). Mortality data was acquired from the 2016 MIDUS Mortality dataset. Results indicated that 20.7% of the sample reported at least one problem drinking behavior in the past year. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that the sum of problematic drinking behaviors at Wave 2 predicted 10-year longitudinal change in impairments in ADL’s (b=0.05, p<0.01) and iADL’s (b=0.05, p<0.01) after controlling for age, education, gender, and previous ADL/iADL. Logistic regression results revealed that for every additional alcohol use problem reported at MIDUS 2, the odds of mortality increased by 1.74 (b=0.55, p<0.01), beyond controls for age and number of chronic conditions. The findings that problem drinking has a unique positive association with impaired functioning and mortality risk during older adulthood supports public health efforts to encourage reduced consumption, increased medical screening, and expanded treatment options.

Residential Learning Communities Positively Affect College Binge Drinking

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron M. Brower ◽  
Chris M. Golde ◽  
Caitilyn Allen
Keyword(s):  
Learning Communities ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Residential Learning Communities ◽  
Academic Problems ◽  
Residential Learning Community ◽  
Comparison Groups ◽  
Drinking Behaviors ◽  
Matched Comparison

Recent surveys demonstrate that college students "binge drink" or engage in high-risk episodic drinking at high rates across the country. This drinking pattern has been associated with most of the serious health, legal, and academic problems faced by students and colleges. This study explored how living in a residential learning community affects drinking behaviors. Students living in three different residential learning communities at a large, midwestern public university were found to binge drink at significantly lower rates than did matched comparison groups who lived in another university residence hall. Further, learning community residents also suffered fewer problems arising from either their own drinking or that of others. We interpret these results as suggesting that new social norms—peer expectations about acceptable behavior— are created within the learning communities that positively affect binge drinking and its associated problems. These preliminary findings are promising indicators that student housing deliberately structured to promote community and academic involvement can reduce problem drinking behaviors, even when no explicit alcohol programming is involved.

Retirement, Social Support, and Drinking Behavior: A Cohort Analysis of Males with a Baseline History of Problem Drinking

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel B. Bacharach ◽  
Peter A. Bamberger ◽  
Ayala Cohen ◽  
Etti Doveh
Keyword(s):  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Control Sample ◽  
Blue Collar ◽  
Problematic Drinking ◽  
Drinking History ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Drinking Behaviors

Although previous research examining drinking behaviors among older adults suggests that significant life events are likely to have their strongest alcohol-related effects among those with a history of heavy or problematic drinking, to date researchers have not directly examined the association between such events and the drinking behavior of such individuals. Consequently, using longitudinal data, we examine the link between retirement as a significant life event and the severity of problem drinking behavior of retirement-eligible males employed in blue-collar occupations and having a history of problem drinking. We find that while retirement had no significant impact on the problem drinking behavior of a control sample of 236 retirement-eligible blue-collar males with no history of problem drinking, retirement was associated with a net decline in the severity of drinking problems among those 71 retirement-eligible blue-collar males with a history of problem drinking. Much of this effect is explained by the consolidation of the latters' retirement-related social networks, suggesting that for those with a problem drinking history, retirement may provide a kind of “relief” from permissive drinking environments potentially encouraging problem drinking behaviors.

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