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Anxiety, Impulsiveness, and Drinking Problems in Employed Women  

Lee, Hyun Jae (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
Han, Doug Hyun (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
Lee, Young Sik (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
Kee, Baik Seok (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
Kwon, Hye Jin (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
Park, Doo Byung (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University)
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Anxiety and mood / v.7, no.2, 2011 , pp. 73-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives : This study examined drinking habits, anxiety, and impulsiveness in employed women. Methods : We sampled 925 residents aged over 20 years in Gwanak-gu of Seoul. In the process, we divided subjects into employed women and unemployed women groups and then used the Korean Version of Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT-K), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS) to identify patterns in subjects' alcohol drinking, anxiety and impulsiveness. Results : Among the 925 respondents, 95.7% drank alcohol, and after the analysis, female problematic drinking ($12{\leq}AUDIT-K{\leq}25$) and alcohol dependence ($AUDIT-K{\geq}26$) was apparent in 61 (9.5%) and 2 respondents (0.3%), respectively. Female respondents who had jobs tended to drink more and exhibit higher ratios of problematic drinking, with a higher exposure to alcohol than those that were unemployed. The psychological attributes related to female respondents' alcohol problems related to state of anxiety and impulsiveness. Employed women respondents also showed a higher state of anxiety and impulsiveness than unemployed women. Conclusion : Controlling the frequency of exposure to alcohol, anxiety, and impulsiveness in employed women should be considered to be crucial controlling factors related to the hazards of excessive drinking.
Keywords
Alcohol; Anxiety; Impulsiveness;
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