Perceptions of another person's heavy drinking as a function of one's relationship to the drinker: A pilot study
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Sage Publishing
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Psychology
RAS ID
245
Abstract
Of 301 participants in a telephone survey, 201 could identify a problem drinker within their social networks. In 67 cases the drinker was a partner, in 45 another family member, in 61 a friend, and in 28 a work colleague. Another person's heavy drinking was reported as most disrupting to one's life when that person was a partner or other family member or if one was living in the same residence as the drinker. The exception to this was that reported disruption to respondents' work life was greatest when the drinker was a work colleague. While there appear to be problems for friends and work colleagues, partners and other family members appear to report the most disruption so providing services to family members seems appropriate.
DOI
10.2466/pr0.2002.90.2.426
Comments
Dear, G.E., Bowron, N., Burke, S., Furey, L., Griffiths, N., Paull, S. (2002). Perceptions of another person's heavy drinking as a function of one's relationship to the drinker: A pilot study. Psychological Reports. 90(2), 426 - 430. Available here