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KMID : 0605720140200010054
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2014 Volume.20 No. 1 p.54 ~ p.62
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Factors Affecting Drinking Behavior According to Age and Gender
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Lee Jeong-Jin
Moon Eun-Soo
Park Je-Min
Lee Byung-Dae
Lee Young-Min
Jeong Hee-Jeong
Choi Yoon-MI
Chung Young-In
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Abstract
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Objectives： It is important to examine factors affecting problem drinking to prevent social drinking from proceeding alcohol addiction. As the factors associated with problematic drinking are various according to age and gender, we aimed to investigate whether several clinical factors are associated with drinking behavior according to age and gender in general population.
Methods： 291 participants without experience of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment were recruited. Problematic drinking behavior was evaluated by Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test(AUDIT). Depression, bipolarity, anxiety and impulsivity were measured using Beck Depression Inventory(BDI), Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale(BSDS), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) and Barratt impulsiveness scale(BIS), respectively. The authors analyzed the effects of clinical factors on drinking behavior according to age and gender using univariate linear regression.
Results： In younger group, there was no correlation between clinical variables and problematic drinking behavior. In middle aged group, however, BSDS total scores were significantly correlated with AUDIT scores(p=.006). Problematic drinking behaviors in middle-aged men were significantly associated with STAI-state(p=.027), total score and mania subscore of BSDS(p=.006 ; p=.001) and BIS(p=.011), but those in middle-aged women were associated with BDI (p=.022), STAI-state and trait(p=.027 ; p=.010), total score and mania subscore of BSDS(p=.031 ; p=.037), as well as depression subscore of BSDS(p=.012).
Conclusion： These results suggest that factors associated with problematic drinking are different according to age and gender. Therefore, consideration on difference of gender and age effect on problematic drinking behavior is important to establish strategies for decreasing problematic drinking.
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KEYWORD
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Alcohol, Problematic drinking, Addiction, Drinking behavior
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