探索与酒精的经验,以及在被诊断为精神健康问题的少数民族中,饮酒如何随着时间的推移而改变
Jo-Anne Puddephatt1, Millissa Booth2, Juliana Onwumere3
1Division of Health Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK; Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|April 7, 2024
概括
少数民族有心理健康问题往往使用酒精来应对. 正式的支持可以帮助改变饮酒习惯,受文化和性别期望的影响.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 少数民族面临着更高的心理健康问题和更低的寻求正式支持率.
- 在这些人群中,心理健康问题和酒精使用之间的相互作用仍然不太清楚.
- 这项研究调查了少数民族精神健康状况的个人的酒精使用模式.
研究的目的:
- 探索在经历心理健康问题的少数民族个人中使用酒精.
- 了解在接受心理健康支持之前,期间和之后,饮酒模式是如何改变的.
- 确定影响这些变化的因素,考虑文化和性别细微差别.
主要方法:
- 有目的地抽取非白人英国参与者的样本,他们被诊断患有心理健康问题,并使用危险的酒精或过去的饮酒史.
- 进行了半结构化的电话和在线采访.
- 数据分析使用框架分析与交叉镜头来检查各种经验.
主要成果:
- 出现了四个主题:饮酒动机,心理健康素养对饮酒的影响,文化期望影响实践,以及饮酒变化的原因.
- 一项交叉分析揭示了饮酒和寻求支持的性别,种族和宗教差异.
- 参与正式支持启动了饮酒的变化,通常由更广泛的社区支持促进.
结论:
- 特定的应对机制涉及酒精被确定在少数民族个体与心理健康问题.
- 文化和性别期望在这些群体中显著塑造了心理健康和饮酒行为.
- 提高心理健康素养和社区支持对于促使酒精使用发生积极变化至关重要.
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