Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, USA.
Psychol Addict Behav. 2011 Mar;25(1):28-40. doi: 10.1037/a0020748.
Hazardous drinking is a significant public health concern and an important target for prevention efforts within both military and civilian populations. For such efforts to be maximally effective, comprehensive information regarding factors that increase or decrease risk for hazardous drinking is necessary. This is the first study to investigate risk and promotive factors across individual, family, community, and organizational levels in a representative sample of Air Force personnel (N = 52,780). Unique predictors of men's and women's hazardous drinking were identified both within and across ecological levels. Predictors that accounted for the most variance in predicting hazardous versus non-hazardous drinkers included family income, number of children, depressive symptoms, religious involvement, and perceived financial stress for men and women; and years in the military for men. Among hazardous drinkers, a different set of predictors best explained variance in severity of drinking problems. Results of the current study help identify key targets for prevention efforts operating at different levels (e.g., individual therapy, community-wide programs).
危险饮酒是一个重大的公共卫生问题，也是军队和民间人口预防工作的重要目标。为了使这些努力达到最大效果，有必要全面了解增加或减少危险饮酒风险的因素。这是第一项在空军人员的代表性样本中（N=52780）调查个体、家庭、社区和组织各级危险饮酒风险和促进因素的研究。在生态水平内和跨生态水平确定了男性和女性危险饮酒的独特预测因素。在预测危险饮酒者与非危险饮酒者方面，解释方差最多的预测因素包括家庭收入、子女数量、抑郁症状、宗教参与度和男女的经济压力感知；以及男性的军龄。在危险饮酒者中，另一组预测因素最好地解释了饮酒问题严重程度的差异。目前研究的结果有助于确定在不同层面（例如，个体治疗、社区范围的计划）开展预防工作的关键目标。
