Social and Cultural Characteristics of Users of Harmful Levels of Alcohol: Comparison between Korean Men and Women

Kim, Minhye; 의료관리학연구소, 서울대학교; Cho, Byong-Hee; Son, Seulki; Yang, Joon-Yong; Sohn, Aeree

doi:10.15524/ksas.2018.19.1.017

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“…The monthly and high-risk drinking rates from the KHNES showed a decreasing trend between 2007 and 2019 in men after a peak in 2011, while women showed an increasing trend, reaching a peak in 2017 [ 1 ]. In a panel analysis by Kim et al [ 4 ] using data from the Korea Labor Panel, there were significant differences in drinking behaviors and amounts between men and women. Several studies have reported that the generational differences in alcohol use were more prominent among women than men in Korea [ 4 , 8 , 18 ].…”

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“…In a panel analysis by Kim et al [ 4 ] using data from the Korea Labor Panel, there were significant differences in drinking behaviors and amounts between men and women. Several studies have reported that the generational differences in alcohol use were more prominent among women than men in Korea [ 4 , 8 , 18 ]. Thus, additional attention should be given to the increases in women’s alcohol use in Korea.…”

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“…Further, regardless of gender, young adults have more risk factors for problematic drinking than middle-aged and older adults. In addition, marriage status, income, and employment are known to affect women’s alcohol use [ 4 ].…”

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“…Many studies of women’s alcohol use in Korea have focused on differences between men and women; therefore, there has been less research on other individual factors, such as social norms and motives at different ages [ 4 , 8 , 14 ]. Since many studies on drinking motives tend to focus on college-aged students or adolescents [ 15 ], more evidence is necessary to understand how drinking motives relate to drinking behavior, such as drinking frequency and quantity, across different age groups, especially middle-aged and older-aged adults.…”

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“…Women’s alcohol-use-related problems have risen with the increase in the number of young women drinkers [ 18 , 19 ]. Women who have problems with alcohol are reluctant to seek help for their alcohol use owing to severe discrimination and stigma toward heavy drinking among women in South Korea [ 4 , 14 ]. Therefore, this study aimed to examine women’s drinking patterns in relation to age, norms, motives, and drinking behaviors.…”

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Do Drinking Norms, Motives, and Drinking Behaviors Differ by Age Group among Korean Women?

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Background: Drinking norms and motives accumulate with drinking experience; thus, it is likely that related drinking behaviors will differ with age. This study aimed to predict drinking behaviors by age based on drinking norms and motives in a sample of Korean women. Methods: This exploratory study used a nationwide demographically stratified sample including 1057 women aged 19–59 years. Self-report questionnaires assessed participants’ general drinking frequency and quantity, two drinking norms, and five dimensional motives. The data were analyzed using Spss 26. Results: Descriptive and injunctive norms were the predictors that accounted for the greatest variance in drinking frequency, quantity, binge drinking, and high-risk drinking across all age groups (p < 0.001). Descriptive norms predicted all drinking behavior better than injunctive norms and all five motives for all age groups. The effects of each of the five motives differed with age. The enhancement motive was the strongest predictor of the motives for drinking frequency, binge drinking, and high-risk drinking across all age groups. Social and conformity motives predicted only binge drinking. Conclusions: These results suggest that descriptive norms, injunctive norms, and enhancement motives predict drinking behaviors across all age groups, although the relative predictive strength of those variables differed by age.

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Classification of Latent Classes and Analysis of Influencing Factors on the Developmental Trajectories of Problem Drinking in Adult Males: Focusing on the Differences across the Life Span

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2022

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the latent classes of problem drinking according to the life span in adult males, and to identify the predictive factors for classifying the latent classes.Methods: This study used data from the 7th to the 15th years of the Korean Welfare Panel Study. Among adult males older than age 20, a latent class analysis and multiple logistic regression were conducted by classifying 4,388 household members who had been drinking for one year into young, middle-age, and elderly males.Results: The latent classes of problem drinking for males of the young and elderly were classified into the non-problem drinking group, the problem drinking risk group, and the problem drinking maintenance group. Middle-aged males were classified into non-problem drinking group, problem drinking reduction group, problem drinking risk group, and problem drinking maintenance group. Smoking was identified as a predictor of problem drinking maintenance group in adult males of all ages.Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that it is necessary to develop interventions tailored to the life span, for the prevention of problem drinking in adult males.

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The Association of Gender Role Attitudes and Risky Drinking: Changes in the Relationship between Masculinity and Drinking in Korean Young Men

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Recently, younger men in Korean society tend not to view drinking as a proud feature of men who work. The relationship between gender role attitudes and high-risk drinking is expected to change accordingly. An online survey was conducted in January–February 2022, and the frequency of drinking, the amount of drinking, and traditional gender role attitudes, such as “men should be independent and women should take care of the children”, were measured. Participants were 786 men aged between 19 and 69 years. When comparing men in their 20s and 30s with those in their 40s to 60s, the younger men reported drinking relatively high amounts of alcohol in one place, and older men had a relatively high frequency of drinking. High-risk drinking was significantly higher in the older group. Gender role attitudes were more traditional in the older group and were a predictor of high-risk drinking in older men, but there was no significant relationship between the two variables in the younger age group. The results indicate that different generations have different perceptions of how men should drink. In addition to more detailed qualitative research on drinking motivation by generation, research on whether similar changes are occurring in other countries is needed.

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Social and Cultural Characteristics of Users of Harmful Levels of Alcohol: Comparison between Korean Men and Women

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Do Drinking Norms, Motives, and Drinking Behaviors Differ by Age Group among Korean Women?

Do Drinking Norms, Motives, and Drinking Behaviors Differ by Age Group among Korean Women?

Classification of Latent Classes and Analysis of Influencing Factors on the Developmental Trajectories of Problem Drinking in Adult Males: Focusing on the Differences across the Life Span

The Association of Gender Role Attitudes and Risky Drinking: Changes in the Relationship between Masculinity and Drinking in Korean Young Men

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