Rohsenow D J
Addict Behav. 1982;7(3):311-5. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(82)90062-4.
To investigate the tension reduction hypothesis of alcohol use in the natural environment and with several forms of tension, 36 heavy social drinking young men kept daily records of their drinking, anxiety, unhappiness, and anger for 3 months and for 1 month from 6 to 7 months from the start of the study. No significant correlations were found between the frequency and intensity of any of the daily moods and drinking rates or intoxication frequency, either concurrently or within a few days or weeks. Drinking was also unrelated to general trait anxiety, depression, stressful life experiences, and locus of control. However, trait social anxiety had a consistent but unexpected relationship to drinking--the less socially anxious the men were, the more they drank over time. Drinking and/or intoxication rates were also related to having more social supports and to traditionally masculine interests. The results cast doubt on the tension reduction hypothesis and suggest that having a strong social group and indifference to the social consequences of intoxication are more important predictors of heavy drinking rates in young social drinking men.
为了在自然环境中以及针对多种形式的紧张情绪研究酒精使用的减压假说，36名重度社交饮酒的年轻男性在研究开始后的3个月以及从第6个月到第7个月的1个月时间里，每天记录他们的饮酒情况、焦虑程度、不快乐程度和愤怒程度。在任何日常情绪的频率和强度与饮酒率或醉酒频率之间，无论是同时还是在几天或几周内，均未发现显著相关性。饮酒也与一般特质焦虑、抑郁、压力性生活经历以及控制点无关。然而，特质社交焦虑与饮酒之间存在一种持续但出人意料的关系——男性社交焦虑程度越低，随着时间推移饮酒量就越多。饮酒和/或醉酒率还与拥有更多社会支持以及传统男性化兴趣有关。研究结果对减压假说提出了质疑，并表明拥有强大的社交群体以及对醉酒的社会后果漠不关心，是年轻社交饮酒男性高饮酒率更重要的预测因素。
