PROBLEM DRINKING IN WOMEN: A NATIONAL SURVEY FOLLOWUP

信息是稀缺的模式，前因，和后果， 一般人群中的女性饮酒问题。 本申请 建议通过进行一项为期5年的跟踪研究， 在1981年的一次全国性调查中， 具体 目的是（1）评价回顾性研究的可靠性和实用性 一生饮酒史;（2）描述模式和预测因素 5年期间妇女饮酒和饮酒问题的变化;（3） 澄清和扩展1981年调查的重要结果;及（4） 获得对未来纵向随访有用的信息和经验 整个1981年的样本 将从1981年调查的917名妇女中抽取两个样本：（1） 问题饮酒者（N=150），满足3个标准中的至少2个（1个或更多 饮酒相关问题，1个或多个酒精依赖症状，1个或多个 盎司乙醇/天;（2）无问题饮酒者（N=150）， 1981年每月饮酒超过1杯，但不符合问题标准的人 喝酒 训练有素的专业面试官将进行75分钟的 后续采访。 结构化访谈问卷将重复 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;一生饮酒史;和选择 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年在就业领域的调查结果， 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)1981年数据的重复分析;（3）评估时滞 1981年和随访数据之间的关系;（4）使用补充数据 数据来评估饮酒之间的间接和时间顺序关系， 和其他生活经历。 后续研究在方法上的一个主要贡献是， 回顾性饮酒的可靠性和有用性评估 用于分析横截面中的时序关系的历史 调查。 本研究报告对《公约》的实质性贡献 女性饮酒问题的分布、相关因素和发展， 帮助更准确地确定预防和治疗方案的目标， 妇女的特殊特点和需要， 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.