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KMID : 0915820090100020021
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Journal of Korean Alcohol Science
2009 Volume.10 No. 2 p.21 ~ p.34
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Roles of Life Stress and Ego-Resilience in Problem Drinking of College Students
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Suh Kyung-Hyun
Kim Seong-Min
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between life stress, ego-resilience, and problem drinking, and examine the moderating effect of ego-resilience on the relationship between life stress and subjective problem drinking of college students to provide valuable information for intervention of college students’ drinking problem.
Methods: The participants were 326 college students (183 females) living in Seoul and suburbs, whose ages ranged from 17 to 33, and average was 20.08 (SD=2.45). Psychological testings were used to measure life stresses and ego-resilience, and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and CAGE questions were used to measure problem drinking.
Results: Life stress of college students, especially stress with boyfriend/girlfriend, family, and professors, were significantly correlated with problem drink measured by AUDIT and CAGE. Although ego-resilience were correlated with problem drinking, its additional accountability for variances of problem drink with life stress was not significant. And, life stress accounted for only around 5.0% of the variance for problem drink. The moderating effect of ego-resilience on life stress and problem drinking was not significant in hierarchical regression analyses, although students with low ego-resilience in stressful circumstance showed significant higher level of dangerous drinking than those in less stressful circumstance in simple main effect analysis.
Conclusion: The present study reiterates roles of life stress on problem drinking, suggests that there was no buffering effect of ego-resilience on relationship between life stress and problem drink. It was discussed with previous studies and suggested the information for further studies and the intervention of problem drinking.
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KEYWORD
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stress, ego-resilience, alcohol consumption, problem drinking, college students
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