Affecting Factors of Intentions to Responsible Drinking in Problem Drinkers

Abstract

This study was to investigate affecting factors of intention to responsible drinking in problem drinkers. The secondary data from the 2010 KARF Drinking Patterns and Alcohol Problems Survey were used. The subjects were 343 problem drinkers who scored more than 12 points in Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) from the data. Stage of Change used as the measurement for intention to responsible drinking. Other instruments were the Decisional Balance (DB), Drinking Refusal Self Efficacy (DRSE). The results showed that 66.2 % of all the subjects were the lowest intention to responsible drinking as classified in pre-contemplation stage. Intention to responsible drinking showed significant differences according to DB, DRSE, perceived amount of peer drinker, depression, AUDIT score and exercise. Compared to the preparation stage, positive Pros (OR: 1.145 p=.002) and DRSE (OR: 1.139, p=.001) were significant predictors of intention to responsible drinking in pre-contemplation stage. While compared to the preparation stage, DRSE (OR: 1.163, p＜.001) and perceive amount of peer drinker (OR: 0.386, p=.001) were significantly predicted the intention to responsible drinking in contemplation stage. This study was identified not only DRSE, Pros but also perceived amount of peer drinker as main factors of problem drinker's intention to responsible drinking. This study suggested that more efforts to improve the problem drinkers intention to drinking refusal and to change the belief of drinking. Also, the development of an instrument is needed to measure social norms for drinking.

Factors associated with problematic alcohol consumption in adolescents

“…Other factors include stress, smoking, family drinking behavior, and drinking alcohol partners (Jeon & Lee, 2010;Chung, 2012;Ariza, 2000). In addition, cognitive factors such as drinking knowledge (Shin & Sohn, 2008;Je, 2011), normative behavior (Ryu, Lee & Shin, 2010), alcohol expectancy (Kang & Kim, 2014), and drinking refusal self-efficacy (Kim, 2007) are all significant predictors of problematic drinking. However, because most of the previous research only included specific groups it is difficult to generalize the factors involving problematic drinking to all teenagers.…”