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  • Psychology

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  • Female drink driving rates are increasing globally.
  • Understanding factors influencing women's drink driving is crucial.
  • Middle-aged women represent an under-researched demographic in drink driving studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate factors associated with drink driving among middle-aged women.
  • To identify specific alcohol beliefs and consumption patterns linked to drink driving in this group.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional survey administered to 781 middle-aged women (mean age=51.36 years).
  • Data collected on alcohol beliefs, perceived heavy episodic drinking, alcohol acceptability, and self-reported drink driving.
  • Statistical analysis to determine significant predictors of drink driving.

Main Results:

  • Viewing alcohol as a social enhancement, perceived heavy episodic drinking, and its acceptability were associated with increased drink driving.
  • After controlling for harmful consumption patterns, only alcohol as a social enhancement remained a significant predictor.
  • Harmful alcohol consumption patterns were strongly linked to drink driving in this cohort.

Conclusions:

  • Middle-aged women with harmful alcohol consumption patterns are at higher risk for drink driving.
  • The perception of alcohol as a social enhancement is an independent risk factor for drink driving.
  • Interventions should target both harmful drinking behaviors and specific alcohol beliefs in middle-aged women to reduce drink driving.