中年和老年人的离婚历史与不健康的酒精使用之间的关联
Katherine J Ford1, Rachel J Burns1
1Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Substance use & misuse
|August 19, 2024
概括
经常发生的婚姻分离或离婚事件增加了中后期不健康饮酒的风险. 这种风险在当前婚姻状况的影响之外仍然存在,凸显了关系过渡的长期影响.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
背景情况:
- 不健康的酒精使用往往与压力的生活事件,如关系损失有关.
- 关于婚姻状况和健康行为的以前的研究通常是横截面的或专注于单个过渡.
- 重复的婚姻过渡对酒精消费的长期影响仍未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查酒精使用频率和数量与整个成年期的分居/离婚事件的数量和持续时间之间的关联.
- 为了检查这些协会在50-80岁的英国成年人中,专注于中后生活.
- 为了区分重复的分居/离婚事件的影响与离婚的总体持续时间.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自英国长度衰老研究 (Wave 3, 2006/07) 的生命史数据.
- 从18岁开始计算个人婚姻序列,以得出分居/离婚事件的数量和离婚度过的成年比例.
- 使用后勤回归分析来预测不健康的酒精使用,控制当前的婚姻状况.
主要成果:
- 较多的分居/离婚事件与频繁饮酒 (≥5天/周) 和过度饮酒的几率增加有显著关联.
- 成年人中离婚的比例与饮酒频率或暴饮暴饮没有显著的关联.
- 在婚姻过渡和酒精使用模式之间的关系中观察到特定于性别的细微差别.
结论:
- 在整个成年期中,反复过渡到分居和离婚,与中后生活中不健康饮酒风险的增加有关.
- 这种增加的风险是独立于一个人的当前婚姻状况.
- 研究结果强调了关系不稳定对长期健康行为的累积影响.
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