Abstract

Background

Effective interventions to curb the growing alcohol use problem in African countries require an understanding of critical factors associated with drinking patterns. Previous studies have examined the contributions of gender, social anxiety and extraversion in alcohol use, but little research exists on the operationalization of drinking patterns as high-risk situations for alcohol use, and the contributions of these factors. This study is aimed at filling this gap.

Methods

Participants were 276 students (males 52.2%) of a university in south-eastern Nigeria. They completed validated measures of social anxiety, extraversion and drinking patterns (financial, physiological, interpersonal, marital and emotional).

Results

Hierarchical multiple linear regression results showed that male students were more likely than female students to drink alcohol in situations related to financial, interpersonal, and emotional issues, but both genders were similarly involved in alcohol use in physiological and marital relationship issues. Social anxiety and extraversion did not have significant associations with drinking patterns. Being married or in romantic relationship was associated with higher drinking frequency.

Conclusion

Attention should be given to the use of alcohol in the context of romantic relationships for male and female students.

中文翻译：

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性别，社交焦虑和外向性在尼日利亚学生饮酒方式中的作用

抽象的

背景

有效的干预措施要遏制非洲国家日益严重的饮酒问题，需要了解与饮酒方式有关的关键因素。先前的研究已经检查了性别，社交焦虑和外向性在饮酒中的作用，但关于将饮酒模式作为高危饮酒情况的操作性运作以及这些因素的贡献的研究很少。这项研究旨在填补这一空白。

方法

参与者是尼日利亚东南部一所大学的276名学生（男52.2％）。他们完成了对社交焦虑，外向性和饮酒方式（财务，生理，人际交往，婚姻和情感）的有效量度。

结果

分层多元线性回归结果表明，在与财务，人际关系和情感问题有关的情况下，男生比女生喝酒的可能性更高，但在生理和婚姻关系问题上，男女都相似地饮酒。社交焦虑和外向性与饮酒方式没有显着关联。结婚或恋爱关系与饮酒频率增加有关。

结论

在男女学生恋爱关系中应注意使用酒精。