Knox College, 2 East South Street, Galesburg, IL 61401, USA.
University of Washington, USA.
Addict Behav. 2019 Feb;89:256-262. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.021. Epub 2018 Sep 21.
Problematic alcohol consumption is elevated among those who identify (i.e., associate themselves) with drinking. We extended prior research on drinking identity by considering two dimensions of investment in identity - i.e., mental resources allocated to that identity that may motivate the pursuit of identity-related goals. We considered drinking identity importance (i.e., how important one considers it to be) and drinking identity thought frequency (i.e., how frequently one thinks about it). We investigated these dimensions from two perspectives: an absolute perspective (i.e., investment in drinking identity irrespective of other identities) and a relative perspective (i.e., investment in drinking identity compared to identities associated with other life domains [education, well-being, and personal relationships]). We aimed to evaluate whether these investment dimensions were positively associated with alcohol consumption and risk of alcohol use disorder either in interaction with or in addition to endorsement of drinking identity. College students (N = 521) who were screened for exhibiting hazardous drinking completed self-report measures of alcohol consumption, risk of alcohol use disorder, and drinking identity endorsement and investment. Controlling for gender and drinking identity endorsement, absolute and relative drinking identity thought frequency were uniquely and positively associated with alcohol consumption and risk of alcohol use disorder. Neither absolute nor relative importance of identification with drinking uniquely predicted outcomes. Drinking identity investment, as signaled by absolute and relative frequency of thought related to identification with drinking, may be an additional risk factor and/or clinical target for alcohol consumption and risk of alcohol use disorder.
有饮酒行为的人群中，存在饮酒认同问题。我们通过考虑认同的两个维度——即投入到身份认同中的心理资源，这些资源可能会激发与身份相关的目标追求，从而扩展了关于饮酒认同的先前研究。我们考虑了饮酒认同的重要性（即一个人认为它有多重要）和饮酒认同的思考频率（即一个人经常思考它的频率）。我们从两个角度研究了这些维度：绝对视角（即，无论其他身份如何，对饮酒身份的投资）和相对视角（即，与教育、健康和人际关系等其他生活领域相关的身份相比，对饮酒身份的投资）。我们旨在评估这些投资维度是否与饮酒量和酒精使用障碍风险呈正相关，无论是与饮酒认同的认可相互作用，还是除此之外。对有危险饮酒行为的大学生（N=521）进行了筛查，以完成酒精消费、酒精使用障碍风险以及饮酒认同认可和投资的自我报告测量。控制性别和饮酒认同认可后，绝对和相对的饮酒认同思考频率与酒精消费和酒精使用障碍风险呈独立且正向相关。绝对或相对的饮酒认同重要性均不能单独预测结果。饮酒认同的投入，即与饮酒认同相关的思考的绝对和相对频率，可能是酒精消费和酒精使用障碍风险的另一个风险因素和/或临床目标。
