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- Title
Gender differences in the individual characteristics and life contexts of late-middle-aged and older problem drinkers.
- Authors
Brennan, P L; Moos, R H; Kim, J Y
- Abstract
This study focuses on gender differences in the individual characteristics and life contexts of late-life problem drinkers. Late-middle-aged women with drinking problems (n = 183) consumed less alcohol, had fewer drinking problems, and reported more recent onset of drinking problems than did their male counterparts (n = 476). They also used more psychoactive medications, were more depressed, and were less likely to seek alcohol treatment. Consistent with a gender role perspective on alcohol abuse, problem-drinking women had more family-related and fewer financial stressors than did problem-drinking men. Contrary to expectation, however, problem-drinking women reported more support from children, extended family members, and friends than did problem-drinking men. Moreover, women who continued to have drinking problems over a 1-year interval reported some unexpected short-term benefits at follow-up, including reduced spouse stressors. Women who had remitted at follow-up experienced less spouse support, and more family-related stressors and depression than did remitted men. They also lost support from extended family members over the 1-year interval. The results suggest a need for screening and treatment efforts tailored more closely to the life circumstances of women with late-life drinking problems.
- Publication
Addiction (Abingdon, England), 1993, Vol 88, Issue 6, p781
- ISSN
0965-2140
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02092.x