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Objectives: This study aimed to investigate effects of psychosocial factors and problem drinking on the SNS(social networking services) addiction among adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs). Methods: The participants were 694 college students in Chungchongbuk do and Jeollabuk do. The CAST-6, AUDIT, UCLA loneliness Scale, PHQ-9, MSPSS, and SNS addiction scale were used. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS 18.0. Results: First, 34.6% of subjects were identified as ACOAs. Second, the ACOA group demonstrated greater depression, problem drinking, and SNS addiction, as well as less social support than did the non-ACOA group. Third, there were significant associations between SNS addiction and gender (females), higher SNS use, depression, loneliness, and problem drinking. Conclusion: Psychosocial factors and problem drinking were significant predictors for SNS addiction. We suggest the development of an integrated psychosocial intervention program for ACOAs in college setting . The implications and limitations of these findings were discussed and directions for future studies were also proposed.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between suicide attempts and alcohol use among individuals who experienced suicidal thoughts. Methods: This study conducted a secondary analysis of the 2010–2012 Korea National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey data. The study included data from 2,616 adults (over 19 years old) who had experienced suicidal ideation within the last year. The data were analyzed using χ2test, as well as SPSS win 20.0 for logistic regression. Results: The study found a significant association between alcohol use and suicide attempts. Suicide attempts were 2.12 times more likely for individuals who abused alcohol and 1.25 times more likely for individuals who were alcohol dependent. These results remained significant when demographic and psychological characteristics were controlled. Conclusions: It is necessary to consider drinking problems when formulating policy for suicide prevention among individuals with suicidal thoughts.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine conditions and identify determinants of drinking among foreign workers in Korea. Methods: Data were obtained via a survey of foreign workers from Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia. Results: The percentage of alcohol use for foreign workers in Korea was 72.7% and the mean frequency of their drinking was 3.2, or about once a month. Factors associated with drinking among foreign workers were gender, age, marital status, education, nationality, length of stay, and types of meetings/groups in which they participated. Conclusion: The results suggest that interventions aimed at reducing alcohol consumption for foreign workers need to consider their sociocultural backgrounds and sociodemographic characteristics.

Objectives: The aims of this study were to analyze the price elasticity on alcoholic beverages’ consumption and figure out the consumption pattern and its changes in Korea from 1997 to 2010 for using the official data relating alcohol consumption and its’ price. Methods: The alcohol 'unit' price of each type of alcoholic beverage in each year from 1997 to 2010 was extracted and its price inflation was compared with the consumer price inflation. Also, alcohol consumption of each type of beverage was calculated to see any changes over the years. Finally, the price elasticity of each alcoholic beverage was calculated to see the effect of the price changes on the alcoholic beverages’ consumption rate. Results: The price inflation rate from 1997 to 2010 was 3.682% for soju, 4.584% for wine, 1.887% for beer, and –1.48% for spirit and whisky and other similar kinds. The consumption rate decreased for soju 3611g (83%), but it was increased for beer 558g (120%), for spirit and whisky kinds 358g (208%), and for wine 107g (396%). The price elasticity of soju as –0.112, and beer as –0.153 showed that there is no significant effect of the price on the consumption rate, but the spirit and whisky kinds displayed as 1.840, wine 1.457, did show significant effect. Conclusion: From 1997 to 2010, the price inflation of alcoholic beverages was higher than the consumer price inflation. Of the total alcoholic beverage consumption, soju consumption was the highest with 60%. Especially, the phenomenon of producing lower alcoholic content liquor from 2006 caused a decrease in the total alcohol consumption. This means that the alcoholic beverage consumption of the drinkers(ℓ) remained the same, but only the unit consumption(g) has decreased. Thus, the decrease in the total unit alcohol consumption is not caused by the changes in consumption patterns of the drinkers. The price elasticity shows that the price does not have an effect on the drinking patterns. This may mean that the price of alcoholic beverages in Korea is still too cheap that it does not have a significant effect on the consumption pattern.

Objectives: Recently, there have been increases in the rates for binge and problem drinking among youth. This study analyzed the health characteristics associated with problem and high-risk drinking among Korean university students. Methods: A health interview survey was conducted in November 2011 with 700 Korean university and college students located in seven metropolitan cities in the largest province (Gyeonggi-do). To examine the factors related to drinking behavior, the survey assessed health problems in the last year, health risk factors, and the intention to participate in drinking prevention programs. Multiple logistic regression analysis of the survey data identified differences in drinking behavior. Results: The majority (58.1%) of university students were identified as problem drinkers and 16.6% were classified as high-risk drinkers. A gender difference in drinking behavior was found. Multiple logistic regression models indicated significant differences by sex, academic year, experience of drinking problems in the last year, current smoking, secondary smoking exposure, skipping breakfast, and intention to participate in drinking prevention programs (p < 0.01, p < 0.05). Conclusion: Future efforts should focus on the association between problem drinking and health risk factors among university students. To achieve this, the provision of an integrated health promotion program for reducing drinking problems in university campus is necessary.

Objectives: To analyze gender differences in drinking behavior and the need for alcohol-reduction programs for university freshmen. Methods: The subjects were 500 university freshmen selected from a city in Junbuk Province. Data were collected through a self-administered survey conducted in a classroom. Results: The mean AUDIT-K score was 8.9 for men and 6.4 for women and there were significant differences in binge drinking, amount of moderate drinking, experience of alcohol-reduction education, and the decisional balance of drinking (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This study suggests that alcohol-reduction programs lead to gender differences in drinking behavior among university freshmen. There are implications for university policy to decrease drinking behavior.

Objetives: This dissertation aims at developing group bibliotherapy program for alcoholics and at verifying its effects. The bibliotherapy program used for this dissertation is developed so that core therapy contents under general application to existing alcohol therapy program can be carried out through bibliotherapy institute. Methods: The objects were 10 adult men under the therapy after alcoholics diagnosis at N alcoholic therapy facility in C city. On seven objects who participated in 12 period reading therapy program, this dissertation performed an examination, prior as well as post, about subjective psychological well-being, psychological drink abstention, and alcohol disease measurement, and verified the effectiveness through qualitative analysis of the program process. Results: In conclusion, as a result of statistic analysis, prior as well as post, subjective psychological well-being, psychological drink abstention and alcohol disease measurement showed positive effect. The satisfaction with life, a subsidiary factor of subjective psychological well-being, showed a significant improvement. This dissertation performed a phenomenological analysis about participants' reaction. As a result, the participants showed positive reaction; they expressed negative feelings through protagonists and stories, thought of their problems objectively, understood themselves and others, made plans for the future, and explored solutions. Conclusions: The bibliotherapy may be a useful means to help alcoholics

Objectives: Recent surveys indicate that smoking, alcohol consumption in adolescents have been increasing steadily in South Korea. This study seeks to examine relationships with socio-demographic variables, smoking and drinking behavior (drinking frequency, drinking amount and drinking problems) among adolescents from multi-cultural families in Korea. Methods: The 2014 Korean Youth Health Risk Behavior Survey, a nationwide dataset collected by the Korean Center for Disease Control, was used for analyses. The data contained a total of 35,668 (18,435 girls, 17,233 girls) high school students. Only 653 adolescents from multi-cultural families were selected for this analysis. Results: The rate of monthly smokers and drinkers were7.9% and 13.9%, respectively. The prevalence of the problem drinking (defined as 2 or more points in the CRAFFT) among current drinkers was 6.46%. The factors that affected drinking frequency were monthly pocket money , perceived health, stress, smoking experience and monthly smoking, The factors that affected drinking amount were economic status, monthly pocket money, perceived health, stress, smoking experience and monthly smoking, Conclusion: An analysis of a large national representative sample of Korean high school students confirmed the previous research regarding the relationship between smoking and alcohol behaviors. Intervention and prevention efforts for drinking problem should integrate risk factors such as smoking.