Risk Perception in Young Women's Collective Alcohol Consumption

Autor/inn/en	Dresler, Emma; Anderson, Margaret
Titel	Risk Perception in Young Women's Collective Alcohol Consumption
Quelle	In: Health Education, 117 (2017) 4, S.414-428 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-4283
DOI	10.1108/HE-12-2016-0065
Schlagwörter	Females; Drinking; Health Education; Qualitative Research; Alcohol Abuse; Health Behavior; Personal Narratives; Risk; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Recreational Activities; Semi Structured Interviews; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Trinken; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Qualitative Forschung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Erlebniserzählung; Risiko; Ausland; Freizeitgestaltung; Neuseeland
Abstract	Purpose: Heavy episodic drinking in young women has caused concern among many groups including public health professionals. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the experiences of young women's alcohol consumption so as to facilitate better health education targeting. Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative descriptive study examines the narratives of 16 young women's experience of a "night out" framed as the Alcohol Consumption Journey. Findings: The young women's Alcohol Consumption Journey is a ritual perpetuated by the "experienced" and "anticipated" pleasure from social bonding and collective intoxication. The data showed three sequential phases; preloading, going out and recovery, which were repeated regularly. The young women perceived that going out was riskier than preloading or recovery and employed protective strategies to minimise risk and maximise pleasure. Alcohol was consumed collectively to enhance the experience of pleasure and facilitate enjoyment in the atmosphere of the night time economy. Implications for health interventions on collective alcohol consumption and perceived risk are presented. Originality/value: The concept of socio-pleasure is valuable to explain the perpetuation of the young's women ritualised Alcohol Consumption Journey. The binary concepts of mundane/celebration, individual/collective and insiders/outsiders are useful to illustrate the balancing of collective intoxication with group protective strategies in navigating the edge between risk and pleasure. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Howard House, Wagon Lane, Bingley, West Yorkshire, BD16 1WA, UK. Tel: +44-1274-777700; Fax: +44-1274-785201; e-mail: emerald@emeraldinsight.com; Web site: http://www.emeraldinsight.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01