PROBLEM DRINKING IN WOMEN: A NATIONAL SURVEY FOLLOWUP

关于这一现象的模式、前因和后果的信息很少 在一般人口中，妇女饮酒是个问题。此应用程序 建议通过进行为期5年的跟踪研究来增加这些知识 在1981年的一次全国调查中最初采访了300名女性。特定的 目的是(1)评估回顾调查的可靠性和实用性 终生饮酒史；(2)描述饮酒模式和预测因素 妇女饮酒和饮酒问题在五年期间的变化；(3) 澄清及扩大一九八一年调查的重要结果；及。(四) 获得对未来纵向跟踪有用的信息和经验 整个1981年的样本。 在1981年的调查中，将从917名妇女中抽取两个样本：(1) 问题饮酒者(N=150)，至少符合3项标准中的2项(1项或更多) 与饮酒有关的问题，一种或多种酒精依赖症状，一种或多种 (2)无问题饮酒者(N=150)，他们喝得更多 在1981年每月饮酒超过1杯，但不符合问题的标准 喝酒。训练有素的专业面试者将主持75分钟的 后续采访。结构化面试问卷将重复 1981年调查工具的关键部分，包括目前的饮酒情况 和饮酒问题；终生饮酒史；以及 社会人口统计信息，包括就业、婚姻和 自1981年以来的家庭角色。将添加新的问题和量表来探索 1981年就业领域的调查结果，与有意义的 其他人，抑郁症和性经验。数据分析将涉及(1) 评估饮酒史中错误的大小、模式和影响； (2)重复分析1981年的数据；(3)评估时滞 1981年与随访数据之间的关系；以及(4)使用补充 用于评估饮酒之间间接关系和时间顺序关系的数据 以及其他的生活经历。 后续研究的一个主要方法论贡献将是其 追溯饮酒的可靠性和有用性评估 分析横断面时间顺序关系的历史 调查。这项研究的实质性贡献涉及 女性饮酒问题的分布、相关性和发展可能 帮助更准确、更有针对性的预防和治疗方案 有效满足女性的特殊特点和需求 与饮酒有关的问题。

Information is scarce about the patterns, antecedents, and consequences of problem drinking among women in the general population. This application proposes to increase such knowledge by conducting a 5-year followup study of 300 women originally interviewed in a 1981 national survey. Specific aims are (1) to evaluate the reliability and utility of retrospective lifetime drinking histories; (2) to describe patterns and predictors of changes in women's drinking and drinking problems over a 5-year period; (3) to clarify and extend important findings from the 1981 survey; and (4) to gain information and experience useful for a future longitudinal followup of the entire 1981 sample. Two samples will be drawn from the 917 women in the 1981 survey: (1) problem drinkers (N=150), who meet at least 2 of 3 criteria (1 or more drinking-related problems, 1 or more alcohol dependence symptoms, 1 or more ounces of ethanol/day; and (2) nonproblem drinkers (N=150), who drank more than 1 drink/month in 1981 but who do not meet the criteria for problem drinking. Trained professional interviewers will conduct the 75-minute followup interviews. The structured interview questionnaire will repeat critical sections of the 1981 survey instrument, including current drinking and drinking problems; lifetime drinking history; and selected sociodemographic information, including changes in employment, marital, and family roles since 1981. New questions and scales will be added to explore 1981 findings in the areas of employment, relationships with significant others, depression, and sexual experience. Data analysis will involve (1) evaluating the size, patterns, and effects of errors in drinking histories; (2) replicating analyses of 1981 data; (3) evaluating time-lagged relationships between 1981 and followup data; and (4) using supplemental data to evaluate indirect and time-ordered relationships between drinking and other life experiences. A major methodological contribution of the followup study will be its assessment of the reliability and usefulness of retrospective drinking histories for analyzing time-ordered relationships in cross-sectional surveys. The study's substantive contributions concerning the distribution, correlates, and development of drinking problems in women can help target prevention and treatment programs more precisely and more effectively to the special characteristics and needs of women with drinking-related problems.