Estrategias de afrontamiento y consumo de alcohol en adultos

Abstract

Adults are exposed to changes in their environment, where risk habits may arise, among which alcohol consumption is considered a public health problem. The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between coping strategies and alcohol consumption in adults, through a quantitative, non-experimental, correlational and cross-sectional approach, with a sample of 121 adults (81 men and 40 women), with a mean age of 31.9, who were selected by non -probabilistic convenience sampling. The Modified Coping Strategies Scale (EEC -M) and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) were used. The results identified the prevalence of the coping strategy Waiting (M=70.1), according to sex there were no statistically significant differences (p>0.05); with respect to alcohol consumption, risk consum ption predominated (53.7%) and according to marital status there was a significant association (p=0.025), with higher levels of consumption among married people. It was determined that the coping strategy emotional avoidance and alcohol consumption are statistically significantly related (Rho=0.191, p=0.036), where the results show that the greater the use of emotional avoidance, the higher the level of alcohol consumption.