Objectives: Culture is believed to influence alcohol drinking however, there were few research on it. This study attempts to find the effects of culture on alcohol drinking. Methods: This study attempted to determine the effects of culture on alcohol consumption, and adopted Hofstede’s cultural indices as measures of culture for 53 countries. Moreover, data were collected on per capita alcohol consumption and per capita of the 53 countries from the WHO and World Bank websites. Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated and linear multiple regression analyses were performed to determine the effects of cultural characteristics on per capita alcohol consumption by country. Per capita GNI of the countries were included in the regression model as a control variable. Five regression models were fitted. Results: The results of the regression analysis showed that the uncertainty avoidance index (UAI) and the individualism index (IDV) had a significant influence on per capita alcohol consumption. Conclusion: These findings suggest that societies with higher uncertainty avoidance and individualism are likely to drink more than societies with lower uncertainty avoidance and individualism, when per capita GNI are the same. Thus, alcohol control policies and programs need to consider cultural characteristics, such as uncertainty avoidance and individualism.
목차
Ⅰ. 서론 Ⅱ. 이론적 고찰 Ⅲ. 연구방법 A. 연구자료 B. 분석방법 Ⅳ. 연구결과 A. 일반적 특성 B. 상관관계 분석 C. 회귀분석 결과 V. 논의 및 결론 참고문헌
알코올과 건강행동학회 [Korean Society of Alcohol Science and Health Behavior]
설립연도
2000
분야
의약학>예방의학
소개
알코올에 대한 생리적, 임상적, 보건적, 사회적, 문화적 측면에서의 과학적 연구를 통해 학문적 발전을 이룩할뿐 아니라, 알코올로 인한 문제를 예방, 치료하며, 절주에 대한 교육, 홍보를 통해 건전한 음주 문화를 형성케하여 궁극적으로 국민의 건강을 증진시키고자 하는데 창립의 목적인 있음.
[중점적인 연구분야]
1. 알코올관련 식품학 등의 기초과학
2. 알코올 중독 예방, 치료, 재활관련 임상의학
3. 알코올 문제 예방, 치료, 재활, 관리, 정책관련 보건학
4. 음주문화 및 음주행태관련 사회과학
5. 생리, 독성 등 기타 알코올관련 학문분야
간행물
간행물명
알코올과 건강행동연구 [Alcohol and Health Behavior Research]