TABLE 3.
Differences between women and men problem and nonproblem drinkers in the percentages reporting drinking reactivity to social influences and stressors
| Situation | Problem-drinking group | Nonproblem-drinking group | Problem vs nonproblem | |||||
| Women % (n) | Men % (n) | x2 | Women % (n) | Men % (n) | x2 | Women x2 | Men x2 | |
| Social influences | ||||||||
| Peer's drinking | 70 (77) | 72 (235) | 0.05 | 44 (176) | 54 (149) | 3.26 | 14.30‡ | 11.73‡ |
| Partners's drinking | 69 (72) | 59 (135) | 2.39 | 38 (139) | 25 (68) | 3.52 | 18.62‡ | 20.38‡ |
| Stressors and emotional distress | ||||||||
| Family interpersonal problems | 69 (71) | 68 (168) | 0.03 | 30 (149) | 29 (82) | 0.00 | 30.72‡ | 33.18‡ |
| Financial, legal problems | 49 (47) | 57 (141) | 0.87 | 12 (99) | 24 (62) | 3.98* | 23.70‡ | 18.32† |
| Workplace problem | 62 (26) | 60 (108) | 0.02 | 29 (48) | 28 (54) | 0.02 | 7.33* | 15.13‡ |
| Health problems | 25 (48) | 34 (164) | 1.43 | 9 (161) | 9 (124) | 0.02 | 8.08† | 25.27‡ |
| Death of someone close | 27 (67) | 30 (153) | 0.23 | 3 (173) | 9 (117) | 4.55* | 32.04‡ | 18.68‡ |
| Emotional distress | 73 (73) | 75 (135) | 0.12 | 24 (132) | 38 (71) | 4.79* | 46.89‡ | 26.76‡ |
Notes: n's (in parentheses) indicate the number of respondents who had experienced the particular social influence or stressor situation.
*
p < .05;
†
p < .01;
‡
p < .001.