Retirement, social support, and drinking behavior: A cohort analysis of males with a baseline history of problem drinking
Retirement, social support, and drinking behavior: A cohort analysis of males with a baseline history of problem drinking
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DOI：
10.1177/002204260703700303
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Doveh, Etti
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作者：
Bacharach, Samuel B.;Bamberger, Peter A.;Doveh, Etti
尽管之前对老年人饮酒行为的研究表明，重大生活事件可能在那些有大量或有问题饮酒史的人中具有最强的酒精相关影响，但到目前为止，研究人员尚未直接研究此类事件与这些人的饮酒行为之间的联系。因此，使用纵向数据，我们检验了退休作为一项重要的生活事件与蓝领职业中符合退休条件的男性饮酒问题行为的严重性之间的联系，这些男性有问题饮酒史。我们发现，虽然退休对236名没有问题饮酒史的符合退休条件的蓝领男性的控制样本没有显著影响，但在71名有问题饮酒史的符合退休条件的蓝领男性中，退休与饮酒问题严重程度的净下降有关。这种影响在很大程度上是因为后者与退休相关的社交网络的整合，这表明对于那些有饮酒史问题的人来说，退休可能会从纵容的饮酒环境中提供一种“缓解”，潜在地鼓励问题饮酒行为。
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.