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Alcohol, Injury, and Risk‐Taking Behavior: Data from a National Sample
Author(s) -
Cherpitel Cheryl J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1993.tb00837.x
Subject(s) - sample (material) , psychology , chemistry , chromatography
The association of alcohol consumption and injury is well documented in the literature. It has also been suggested that alcohol consumption is associated with risk‐taking behaviors. No studies have reported the association of alcohol consumption and risk‐taking behaviors with injury across all injury types, however. Data were collected (1990) from a national probability household sample ( n = 2058; weighted n = 1150) on: injuries that required treatment during the last year; quantity and frequency (Q‐F) of drinking; and behaviors associated with risk perception, risk‐taking/impulsivity, and sensation seeking. The injured (12% of the sample) were more likely to be male, younger, and to report moderate and heavy drinking and more frequent drunkenness compared with those with no injuries. They were also less likely to score high on risk perception and more likely to score high on risk‐taking/impulsivity and sensation seeking than those with no injuries. However, using logistic regression analysis to predict a treated injury during the last year, only the interaction term of gender by Q‐F was significant, with Q‐F a significant predictor of injury among males but not among females.