Kilty K M
College of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
J Stud Alcohol. 1990 Nov;51(6):556-64. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1990.51.556.
Drinking among adolescents and young adults has received more attention during the recent past, but little research has focused on the drinking styles that might characterize younger people. A typology of drinking behavior has special relevance for this group, since the adolescent years and young adult years are formative in the development of drinking habits. This study used a model that had been applied to "normal" drinking behaviors of adults. However, the set of drinking variables was expanded to cover a wider range of activities, and a second set of behaviors, intended to reflect potential "problem" drinking, were derived from the National Council on Alcoholism criteria for the diagnosis of alcoholism. The set of 55 "normal" drinking behaviors was factor analyzed, yielding a six-factor structure. The first four factors were quite similar to previous work on adult drinking styles, and the remaining two factors clearly related to the drinking of younger people. The "problem" drinking variables yielded a two-factor structure, one set consisting of serious but uncommon experiences and the second set consisting of less serious and more common experiences. Several of the "normal" drinking factors were significant predictors of the "problem" drinking scores, suggesting that certain styles of drinking are more likely than others to lead to later problems.
青少年和青年饮酒问题在最近受到了更多关注，但很少有研究聚焦于可能表征年轻人的饮酒方式。饮酒行为类型学对这一群体具有特殊意义，因为青少年时期和青年时期是饮酒习惯形成的关键阶段。本研究采用了一个曾应用于成年人“正常”饮酒行为的模型。然而，饮酒变量集得到了扩展，以涵盖更广泛的活动，并且从美国全国酗酒问题理事会的酗酒诊断标准中衍生出了第二组行为，旨在反映潜在的“问题”饮酒情况。对包含55种“正常”饮酒行为的变量集进行了因子分析，得出了一个六因素结构。前四个因素与先前关于成年人饮酒方式的研究非常相似，其余两个因素则明显与年轻人的饮酒情况相关。“问题”饮酒变量得出了一个两因素结构，一组由严重但不常见的经历组成，另一组由不太严重且更常见的经历组成。几个“正常”饮酒因素是“问题”饮酒得分的显著预测指标，这表明某些饮酒方式比其他方式更有可能导致日后出现问题。
