Bartram Ashlea, Eliott Jaklin, Hanson-Easey Scott, Crabb Shona
a School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , Australia.
Psychol Health. 2017 Jun;32(6):728-744. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2017.1300260. Epub 2017 Mar 14.
Limiting alcohol consumption is beneficial for health, but can be challenging given the role alcohol plays in the rituals of many social occasions. We examined how people who stopped or reduced their alcohol consumption incorporated this change within their social rituals.
We conducted 16 semi-structured one-on-one interviews with adults aged 25-65 years, who lived in Australia and had stopped or significantly reduced their alcohol consumption in the previous year.
Through thematic analysis, we identified four approaches to adapting drinking rituals: replacing alcohol with other drinks, replacing drinking with other social activities, changing the meaning of drinking rituals and replacing drinking occasions with activities that achieve different goals. These approaches varied in the extent to which they reflected a low or high change in the meanings and/or behaviours attached to the ritual. Approaches involving little change, such as using alternative drinks, were more readily accepted by participants' social companions than approaches involving more substantial changes such as replacing drinking with activities achieving different goals.
Considering both the role and meaning alcohol carries in social interactions, and how else these might be achieved, may assist people to stop or reduce their drinking, without sacrificing their social lives.
限制饮酒对健康有益，但鉴于酒精在许多社交场合的仪式中所起的作用，这可能具有挑战性。我们研究了戒酒或减少饮酒的人如何将这种变化融入他们的社交仪式中。
我们对年龄在25至65岁之间、居住在澳大利亚且在前一年戒酒或大幅减少饮酒量的成年人进行了16次半结构化一对一访谈。
通过主题分析，我们确定了四种调整饮酒仪式的方法：用其他饮料替代酒精、用其他社交活动替代饮酒、改变饮酒仪式的意义以及用实现不同目标的活动替代饮酒场合。这些方法在反映与仪式相关的意义和/或行为变化程度上有所不同。涉及较小变化的方法，如使用替代饮料，比涉及更实质性变化的方法，如用实现不同目标的活动替代饮酒，更容易被参与者的社交伙伴接受。
考虑到酒精在社交互动中的作用和意义，以及如何通过其他方式实现这些作用和意义，可能有助于人们戒酒或减少饮酒，同时又不牺牲他们的社交生活。
