Anxiety and mood (대한불안의학회지)

Korean Academy of Anxiety Disorders (대한불안의학회)
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Anxiety, Impulsiveness, and Drinking Problems in Employed Women

직장 여성의 불안, 충동성과 음주문제

  • 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)
  • 이현재 (중앙대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 한덕현 (중앙대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 이영식 (중앙대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 기백석 (중앙대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 권해진 (중앙대학교 의과대학 간호학교실) ;
  • 박두병 (중앙대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2011.07.11
  • Accepted : 2011.10.18
  • Published : 2011.10.30
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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.

본 연구 결과 여성에서의 문제음주와 알코올 의존 비율이 남성보다는 적지만 9.8%로 상당수의 여성들이 알코올 문제를 겪고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 직장 생활을 하는 여성에서 음주 노출 기회가 더 많고, 실제로 음주에 대한 문제가 더 많이 발생하며 이는 여성의 상태불안과 충동성과 관계가 있다. 여성에서는 직업을 가짐으로써 음주 노출기회가 많아지고 직장 생활에서의 불안 및 충동성이 문제 음주를 일으키는 원인이 될 수 있음을 예상해 볼 수 있겠다. 따라서 직장 여성의 음주 노출 기회와 불안 및 충동성 조절이 음주 위험 요소의 중요한 조절 요인으로 생각된다.

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