Christopherson V A, Escher M C, Bainton B R
J Stud Alcohol. 1984 Sep;45(5):417-23. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1984.45.417.
Reasons for drinking, and past and present drinking patterns among the elderly in rural Arizona were examined. Interviews were conducted with 444 individuals (219 women) aged 65 +. Responses to a list of 20 reasons for drinking wee divided into six groups: social, mood change, food, health, personal coping and interpersonal coping. Respondents were grouped into categories on the basis of their quantity and frequency of alcohol consumption--abstainers, light drinkers, moderate drinkers or heavy drinkers. Approximately 80% of the positive responses were for the more acceptable reasons; only 12% indicated a positive response to one or more of the coping reasons. Light, moderate and heavy drinkers wee differentiated according to reasons for drinking, as were the various age groupings. Findings indicated that the rural elderly's alcohol use is generally at an acceptable level and style, that alcohol use diminishes with age, and that drinking patterns and reasons generally remain consistent into old age.
对亚利桑那州农村地区老年人的饮酒原因以及过去和现在的饮酒模式进行了调查。对444名65岁及以上的个体（219名女性）进行了访谈。对一份包含20个饮酒原因的清单的回答被分为六组：社交、情绪变化、食物、健康、个人应对和人际应对。根据受访者的饮酒量和饮酒频率将其分为几类——戒酒者、轻度饮酒者、中度饮酒者或重度饮酒者。大约80%的肯定回答是出于更可接受的原因；只有12%的人对一个或多个应对原因给出了肯定回答。轻度、中度和重度饮酒者根据饮酒原因有所不同，不同年龄组也是如此。研究结果表明，农村老年人的饮酒情况总体上处于可接受的水平和方式，饮酒量会随着年龄增长而减少，并且饮酒模式和原因在老年时通常保持一致。
