Cheers Christopher, Pennay Amy, De la Piedad Garcia Xochitl, Callinan Sarah
Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.
Psychol Health. 2024 Sep 27:1-17. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2024.2406498.
While the stigma experienced by non-drinkers is well-documented, little is known about the factors that influence it. This study aims to test a sequential mediation model in which the amount of alcohol consumed by a drinker, predicts their experienced alcohol-related harm, which in turn predicts the concern they have for drinking and their negative attitudes towards non-drinkers.
A sample of 787 Australian drinkers (M = 38.4 years, SD = 11.4) completed online measures of alcohol consumption, alcohol-related harms, concern for drinking and the Cheers Attitudes towards Non-drinker Scale (CANS): a scale that measures the negative attitudes toward non-drinkers three threats non-drinkers are perceived to pose to drinkers (Threat to Fun, Connection, and Self).
The model was shown to be a good fit and demonstrated a sequential mediation with significant indirect effects from alcohol consumption experienced alcohol-related harms and concern, to each CANS subscale: Threat to Self (β = 0.402, < 0.001), Fun (β = 0.096, = 0.006) and Connection (β = 0.165, < 0.001).
The findings suggest that the stigma directed at non-drinkers may be enacted as a defence against an unwanted self-reflection from a drinker's concern for their own drinking.
虽然不饮酒者所遭受的污名化现象已有充分记录，但对于影响这种现象的因素却知之甚少。本研究旨在检验一个序列中介模型，即饮酒者的饮酒量可预测其经历的与酒精相关的危害，而这反过来又可预测他们对饮酒的担忧以及对不饮酒者的消极态度。
787名澳大利亚饮酒者（平均年龄M = 38.4岁，标准差SD = 11.4）的样本完成了关于饮酒量、与酒精相关的危害、对饮酒的担忧以及“对不饮酒者的 Cheers 态度量表”（CANS）的在线测量：该量表测量对不饮酒者的消极态度以及不饮酒者被认为对饮酒者构成的三种威胁（对乐趣的威胁、联系和自我）。
该模型显示拟合良好，并呈现出序列中介效应，从饮酒量到经历的与酒精相关的危害和担忧，再到CANS的每个子量表都有显著的间接效应：对自我的威胁（β = 0.402，p < 0.001）、乐趣（β = 0.096，p = 0.006）和联系（β = 0.165，p < 0.001）。
研究结果表明，针对不饮酒者的污名化可能是饮酒者为抵御因对自身饮酒的担忧而产生的不良自我反思而产生的。
