Correlation Study on Physiological Stress from Drinking, Alcohol Abstinence Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectancy in Youths.
- Author:
Kyung Hee KIM
1
;
Jong Im KIM
;
Jong Sung KIM
;
Hyen Sook JEON
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chungang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Alcohol drinking;
Physiological stress
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Alcohol Drinking;
Drinking;
Humans;
Statistics as Topic;
Stress, Physiological
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2009;16(1):73-82
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships among distress from drinking, alcohol abstinence self-efficacy and outcome expectancy in youths. METHOD: The participants in this study were 174 university students who were enrolled by convenience sampling. The data were collected from March to August, 2005. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's correlation coefficients with SPSS 12.0 were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the physical distress from drinking according to gender, age, residence, drinking frequency and drinking capacity. There were significant differences in alcohol abstinence self-efficacy by drinking frequency and drinking capacity. There were significant differences in drinking outcome expectancy according to gender, drinking frequency and drinking capacity. The physical distress from drinking showed a significant positive correlation with alcohol abstinence self-efficacy (r=.312, p=.000) and negative correlation with drinking outcome expectancy (r=-.353, p=.000). Alcohol abstinence self-efficacy showed a significant negative correlation with drinking outcome expectancy (r=-.387, p=.000). CONCLUSION: There were relationships among physical distress from drinking, alcohol abstinence self-efficacy, and drinking outcome expectancy. These findings provide the basis to prevent problems of drinking by developing alcohol control program for university students.
