1 The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
2 University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Qual Health Res. 2019 Jul;29(8):1120-1131. doi: 10.1177/1049732318809945. Epub 2018 Nov 28.
Despite the strong influence our significant others have on health behaviors such as alcohol consumption, little is known about when they are willing to provide support for changing such behaviors. We conducted interviews with 13 Australian adults who had a partner, friend, or family member who stopped or significantly reduced their alcohol consumption within the past 2 years, to understand how these significant others accounted for providing support for this behavior change as reasonable. Through thematic discourse analysis, we identified three types of accounts: (a) deontological, referring to duty or obligation to support others; (b) consequentialist, where costs for providing support were minimized or balanced; and (c) relational, attending to the importance of maintaining relationships. By identifying the principles people draw on to justify supporting a significant other who changes their alcohol consumption, this study enhances our understanding about when significant others are likely to support health behavior changes.
尽管我们的重要他人对饮酒等健康行为有很强的影响，但人们对他们何时愿意提供支持以改变这些行为知之甚少。我们对 13 名澳大利亚成年人进行了采访，这些成年人的伴侣、朋友或家庭成员在过去 2 年内停止或大幅减少饮酒量，以了解这些重要他人如何解释为这种行为改变提供支持是合理的。通过主题话语分析，我们确定了三种解释：（a）道义论，指的是支持他人的责任或义务；（b）后果主义，其中提供支持的成本最小化或平衡；（c）关系论，关注维持关系的重要性。通过确定人们用来证明支持改变饮酒量的重要他人的原则，本研究增进了我们对重要他人何时可能支持健康行为改变的理解。
