알코올 중독자와 일반인의 음주동기와 부정적 정서에 관한 비교 연구 - 알코올중독 치료전문병원을 중심으로 -

The Comparison of the Drinking Motives and Negative Affects between Alcoholics and Nonalcoholics

Objective：This study was performed to compare the drinking motives and negative affects such as depression, anxiety and anger between alcoholics and nonalcoholics. Subjects and Methods： Subjects examined in the study were 51 Korean alcoholic patients from two mental hospitals and 73 controls. All subjects were assessed using the Seoul National Mental Hospital Alcoholism Screening Test, drinking motive questionnaire, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory, and Beck Depression Inventory. Results：1) In alcoholics, the enhancement, coping, and conformity motives were significantly higher than in controls (p<0.05). Alcoholics viewed drinking motivations first as a coping motive and secondly as a social motive respectively. Controls viewed drinking motivations first as a social motive and secondly as a coping motive respectively. 2) For negative affect, alcoholics scored significantly higher than controls in depression, anxiety and trait anxiety (p<0.01). 3) In alcoholics, four drinking motives were not correlated with negative affects. In controls, four drinking motives were correlated with negative affects with the exception of depression (p<0.05). Anxiety was the most significant variable accounting for the coping motive and the conformity motive (p<0.05). Conclusions：Drinking motives were different between alcoholics and controls. In controls, anxiety had a significant effect on drinking motivations linked to both coping and conformity motives, so multiple appropriate assesment and inter-vention strategies are needed for alcoholic problems.