사회경제적 박탈과 문제음주의 종단적 상호인과관계 검증: 연령에 따른 집단 비교

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The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and problem drinking based on social causation and social selection theory, and to conduct a group comparison between different age groups (adults vs. the elderly). A total of 3,386 individuals from the 7th, 9th, 11th Korea Welfare Panel were included in the analysis. The auto regressive cross-lagged model was applied to analyze the causal relationship between socioeconomic deprivation and drinking. The cross-lagged pathways was significant only in the path from socioeconomic deprivation to problem drinking indicating that deprivation is a main factor in one’s risky drinking, and not the other way around. All of the auto regressive pathways were significant in the comparative analysis of age, and the cross-lagged pathways were significant from socioeconomic deprivation to alcohol problems only in the adults group. Study findings indicate the need to consider socioeconomic conditions in the prevention and intervention of alcohol problems , and approaches specific to the life course are required.

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