Park Ju Moon, Sohn Aeree, Choi Chanho
Department of Urban Policy and Administration, Incheon National University, Incheon, Korea.
Department of Public Health, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea.
Osong Public Health Res Perspect. 2020 Dec;11(6):365-372. doi: 10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.6.04.
This study aimed to identify differences in drinking norms, heavy drinking, and motives between types of drinkers (abstainers, solitary, and social drinkers) in a representative sample of Korean adults.
An online survey of people registered on the electoral roll were randomly invited to be part of the "National Korean Drinking Culture Study" conducted in 2018 ( = 3,015). Participants included 1,532 men and 1,469 women aged 19-60 years. Questions included the number of times they drank in the last month, what they drank, and the volume drank. The amount of pure alcohol consumed was calculated. Drinking norms, motives, and types were determined in the survey questions.
Solitary drinkers were more likely to be divorced or separated, less educated, and marginally employed. Solitary drinking peaked in those in their 30s (18.5%) and social drinkers in their 50s (68.1%). Solitary drinkers drank more frequently compared with social drinkers (6.1 vs. 3.6 times per month, < 0.001), and consumed a significantly larger quantity of alcohol (69.5 g vs. 46.8 g per week). Solitary drinkers were more accepting of drinking-related behaviors in diverse situations compared with social drinkers. The regression analysis revealed that personal drinking motives were the most important factor influencing the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption in both solitary and social drinking.
Solitary drinkers may be more vulnerable to alcohol abuse than social drinkers.
本研究旨在确定韩国成年人代表性样本中不同饮酒类型（戒酒者、独自饮酒者和社交饮酒者）在饮酒规范、酗酒及饮酒动机方面的差异。
随机邀请在选民登记册上登记的人员参与2018年开展的“韩国饮酒文化全国性研究”（n = 3015）。参与者包括1532名男性和1469名年龄在19至60岁之间的女性。问题包括他们上个月饮酒的次数、饮用的酒品以及饮酒量。计算纯酒精摄入量。在调查问卷中确定饮酒规范、动机和类型。
独自饮酒者更有可能离婚或分居、受教育程度较低且从事边缘性工作。独自饮酒在30多岁人群中达到峰值（18.5%），社交饮酒在50多岁人群中达到峰值（68.1%）。与社交饮酒者相比，独自饮酒者饮酒更频繁（每月6.1次对3.6次，P < 0.001），且每周饮酒量显著更大（69.5克对46.8克）。与社交饮酒者相比，独自饮酒者在不同情境下对与饮酒相关行为的接受度更高。回归分析显示，个人饮酒动机是影响独自饮酒和社交饮酒中饮酒频率和饮酒量的最重要因素。
与社交饮酒者相比，独自饮酒者可能更容易酗酒。
