Contextual factors related to the drinking behaviors of American business and professional women

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Shore, Elsie R.
Batt, S.
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1991-02
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British journal of addiction. 1991 Feb; 86(2): 171-6.
Abstract

American women in business and professional occupations (n = 453) completed a survey that included questions on alcohol use, drinking context, and work and other activities. Spouses' and best friends' consumption and subjects' frequency in drinking settings correlated with their consumption and negative consequences of alcohol use. Multiple regression analyses indicated that predictor variables for consumption were frequency in drinking settings, a measure of three personal motives for drinking, age, and number of organization memberships. Predictor variables for negative consequences were subject's consumption, spouse's drinking, frequency in drinking settings, and age. The results suggest that social context may be important in understanding women's drinking. Variables directly related to drinking, such as time spent in drinking situations, are correlated with increased drinking, while other contextual variables, such as membership in organizations, may play a preventive role.

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Wiley-Blackwell
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British Journal of Addiction
Br J Addict
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0952-0481
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