WORK RETIREMENT AND DRINKING AMONG BLUE COLLAR WORKERS

蓝领工人的工作退休和饮酒

• 批准号: 2842003
• 负责人: SAMUEL B BACHARACH
• 金额: $ 27.08万
• 依托单位: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-05-01 至 2004-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2842003
• 关键词: alcoholic beverage consumption; alcoholism /alcohol abuse; alcoholism /alcohol abuse prevention; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; data collection methodology /evaluation; dyadic interaction; gender difference; health services research tag; human subject; industry; isolation /deprivation; longitudinal human study; mathematical model; occupational psychology; population survey; psychological stressor; questionnaires; racial /ethnic difference; retirement; role; self concept; social adjustment; social behavior; social model; social support network

The proposed study grows out of our current NIAAA-funded research on work-related risk factors and drinking and drinking behavior among employed blue-collar workers and extends that research by examining the risk factors associated with the work disengagement process among blue collar workers eligible for retirement. The need for such research and its prevent implications have become evident to us in our current research. We propose to examine how different levels of social isolation (i.e., depth and breadth of social support or lack thereof), social control (loss of [or relief from] work-based systems or rules governing drinking), stress (e.g., financial insecurity, role underload, marital strain), and social marginalization (e.g., role confusion, lowered self- efficacy, loss of self-esteem) experienced during the retirement process impact drinking behavior. Such information is necessary so that unions and others can develop and implement effective prevention and intervention strategies for assisting retirees with alcohol problems. Because research in this area is sparse, the proposed research both generates and test theory. Using qualitative data collected from workers in blue-collar occupations, we will delineate the specific ways in which isolation, social control, stress and social marginalization (as well as other risk factors uncovered by the qualitative analysis) impact drinking behavior. Based on the qualitative data, a self-report survey will be developed and data will then be collected from retirement- eligible workers in blue-collar occupations at three points in time (approximately six months before the date of retirement eligibility, and then six and eighteen months after that date). These survey data will be analyzed using linear structural equation techniques to test the plausibility of alternative models of retirement-related variables and alcohol abuse.

这项提议的研究源于我们目前niaaa资助的一项研究，该研究是关于与工作相关的风险因素以及蓝领工人的饮酒和饮酒行为，并通过检查符合退休条件的蓝领工人中与工作脱离过程相关的风险因素来扩展该研究。这种研究的必要性及其预防意义在我们目前的研究中已经变得明显。我们建议研究在退休过程中所经历的不同程度的社会孤立（即社会支持的深度和广度或缺乏）、社会控制（失去[或摆脱]以工作为基础的饮酒系统或规则）、压力（如经济不安全感、角色负担不足、婚姻紧张）和社会边缘化（如角色困惑、自我效能降低、自尊丧失）如何影响饮酒行为。这些信息是必要的，以便工会和其他方面能够制定和执行有效的预防和干预战略，帮助有酗酒问题的退休人员。由于该领域的研究较少，本文的研究既有理论的产生，也有理论的检验。利用从蓝领工人那里收集的定性数据，我们将描述孤立、社会控制、压力和社会边缘化（以及定性分析发现的其他风险因素）影响饮酒行为的具体方式。根据定性数据，将开发一项自我报告调查，然后在三个时间点（大约在退休资格日期之前6个月，然后在该日期之后6个月和18个月）从蓝领职业的退休合格工人中收集数据。这些调查数据将使用线性结构方程技术进行分析，以检验退休相关变量和酒精滥用的替代模型的合理性。