scholarly journals Self-Control and Implicit Drinking Identity as Predictors of Alcohol Consumption, Problems, and Cravings

2014 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen P Lindgren ◽  
Clayton Neighbors ◽  
Erin Westgate ◽  
Elske Salemink
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Self Control

scholarly journals A qualitative study of local perspectives on problem drinking in Peruvian Andean highlands: control, power, and responsibility

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakiko Yamaguchi ◽  
Raphael Lencucha ◽  
Thomas Gordon Brown
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Cultural Practice ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Macroeconomic Conditions ◽  
Alcohol Control ◽  
Local Perspectives

Abstract Background Alcohol control has garnered attention from the global health community in recent years. This attention is partly prompted by increasing exposure of nefarious alcohol industry practices, coupled with the recognition that many governments have not yet put in place alcohol control policies, leaving populations vulnerable to industry influence. The Peruvian Andean highland has seen the change of the Andean practice of collective drinking in response to the increased availability of alcohol and the experience of political violence. This study seeks to merge the broader political economy with local experience and culture in order to provide a deeper understanding of the dynamic between global processes and local realities.Methods We conducted focus group interviews (n=19) with community participants, teachers, and health workers, and key informant interviews (n=28). Thematic analysis identified patterns of individual and collective meaning and social, political and economic factors. Results Local perspectives regarding loss of control over alcohol highlight the complex patterns of power and meaning exerted and experienced by different actors, shaping both understanding and behaviour. Participants’ focus on parents’ lack of control over alcohol use by some “abandoned” children reflects the structural vulnerability of some Andean families struggling with economic hardships. Another focus was on the money spent by men to engage in problem drinking. Participants interpreted alcohol consumption in this context as a way that men demonstrate their masculine identity and symbolic power as the breadwinner who controls the household economy. The third focus is superimposed onto the market economy. Participants expressed that the expansion of the alcohol market and perceived absence of government control coupled with macroeconomic conditions shaped patterns of alcohol consumption.Conclusion Participants’ perspectives illustrate how problem drinking is shaped not simply by an individual drinker’s lack of self-control but also shaped by an environment that enables the unrestrained marketing of alcohol products and the creation of a culture of consumption. Harmful consumption is mediated by the reshaping of the Andean cultural practice of collective drinking. Attending to local perspectives is essential for policies and interventions that connect structural dynamics with the cultural and experiential aspects of alcohol consumption.

Factor Analysis of Internal and External Self-Control Practices for Alcohol Consumption

1986 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 1207-1213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chudley E. Werch ◽  
Dean R. Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Rate Control ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Control Variables

A factor analysis of specific alcohol-related self-control practices reported by 410 young adults who completed a Self-control Questionnaire, consisting of both internal and external self-control measures, is described. Seven factors were extracted from the external self-control items including Rate Control, Self-reinforcement and Punishment, Alternatives, Avoidance, Limiting Driving and Cash, Controlling Time and Food, and Awareness. Three factors emerged from the internal self-control items including Impairment, Relaxation, and Anxiousness. These specific groupings of external and internal self-control variables should be empirically tested for their utility as interventions aimed at moderating the alcohol consumption of young adults.

scholarly journals Alcohol, Aggression, and Violence: From Public Health to Neuroscience

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kajol V. Sontate ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ◽  
Isa Naina Mohamed ◽  
Rashidi Mohamed Pakri Mohamed ◽  
Mohd. Farooq Shaikh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Violent Crimes ◽  
Intoxicated Aggression ◽  
Neurochemical Changes ◽  
And Gender

Alcohol has been associated with violent crimes and domestic violence across many nations. Various etiological factors were linked to chronic alcohol use and violence including psychiatric comorbidities of perpetrators such as personality disorders, mood disorders, and intermittent explosive disorders. Aggression is the precursor of violence and individuals prone to aggressive behaviors are more likely to commit impulsive violent crimes, especially under the influence of alcohol. Findings from brain studies indicate long-term alcohol consumption induced morphological changes in brain regions involved in self-control, decision-making, and emotional processing. In line with this, the inherent dopaminergic and serotonergic anomalies seen in aggressive individuals increase their susceptibility to commit violent crimes when alcohol present in their system. In relation to this, this article intends to investigate the influence of alcohol on aggression with sociopsychological and neuroscientific perspectives by looking into comorbidity of personality or mood disorders, state of the mind during alcohol consumption, types of beverages, environmental trigger, neurochemical changes, and gender differences that influence individual responses to alcohol intake and susceptibility to intoxicated aggression.

De relatie tussen zelfcontrole en diverse werkuitkomsten

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelot van Moerkerk ◽  
Veerle Brenninkmeijer
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Recovery Experiences ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between self-control and work-related outcomes: What is the role of lifestyle? The relationship between self-control and work-related outcomes: What is the role of lifestyle? Having healthy employees is essential for employers. However, the lifestyles of Dutch employees are not all as healthy as they should. This study investigated the extent to which lifestyle mediates the relationship between self-control and work-related outcomes, including emotional exhaustion, sickness absence, work engagement, job satisfaction, and job performance. A total of 171 Dutch employees working in a variety of sectors participated in this cross-sectional survey. Self-control appeared to be positively associated with smoking, fruit, vegetable and snack consumption, alcohol consumption during the weekend, recovery experiences and sleep quality. We did not find associations with alcohol use during the week, candy consumption and physical exercise. Alcohol consumption during the weekend, recovery experiences and sleep quality mediated the relationships between self-control and a variety of work outcomes. Furthermore, smoking and vegetable consumption were associated with work-related outcomes. With these results, we hope to encourage future research and interventions regarding self-control, lifestyle and work-related outcomes.

Using Gottfredson and Hirschi’s A General Theory of Crime to Explain Problematic Alcohol Consumption by Police Officers: A Test of Self-Control as Self-Regulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Egbert Zavala ◽  
Don L. Kurtz
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Control ◽  
General Theory Of Crime ◽  
Problematic Alcohol ◽  
Theory Of Crime

Problematic alcohol consumption by police officers is well documented in the literature. However, no study has utilized Gottfredson and Hirschi’s A General Theory of Crime to determine what role, if any, self-control (i.e., self-regulation) plays in predicting this behavior. Therefore, data from the Police Stress and Domestic Violence in Police Families in Baltimore, Maryland, 1997-1999 are analyzed to test the influence of work-related stress on officers’ self-control and problem drinking. Results indicated that self-control is significant in predicting problematic alcohol consumption by police officers. Two control variables (burnout and peer drinking) also predicted the dependent variable. The current study provides further evidence that self-control continues to be one of the most consistent factors most likely to lead to criminal behavior, including those committed by police officers.

Stop and Start Control: A Distinction within Self–Control

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 349-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin J. de Boer ◽  
Edwin A. J. van Hooft ◽  
Arnold B. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Expert Ratings

A theoretical distinction within self–control, between stop control and start control, was investigated in two studies. Study 1 consisted of a pilot study in which expert ratings of existing self–control items were used to distinguish between stop and start control items and a confirmatory factor analyses of these items using a student sample ( N = 474). Also, stop and start control were related to overall affect and behavioural outcomes. Stop control was negatively related to negative affect, whereas start control was positively related to positive affect. Study 2 ( N = 226) replicated some of these findings; stop control was the best predictor (−) of smoking and alcohol consumption whereas start control was the best predictor (+) of exercising and studying. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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