アルコール依存症者が専門家の支援を求めることについての人びとの態度に関する研究─性差に基づいた態度と規定要因の検討

People's Attitudes to Alcoholics' Seeking Support from Specialists: Based on the Sex and Other Factors

要旨

目的：アルコール依存症者が精神保健の専門家の支援を求めることへの人びとの態度やその規定要因を性差に基づき検証する。

方法：モニター型インターネット調査で、800名を目途に、性比1：1、年齢は20〜50代で均等割付とした。規定要因の設定では＜問題の重大性と意味＞から5項目、＜支援を求めることへの正当性＞から2項目を抽出し、階層的重回帰分析を行った。

結果：回収数は837。【専門家の支援を求めることへの人びとの態度】は肯定的で、規定要因として設定した項目の認識は『回復の理解』を除き存在した。また、全ての項目で女性の得点は男性より高かった。規定要因の検討では、男性で『相当な多量飲酒』『専門的非援助時の予後』、女性で『回復の理解』、に態度との有意な関連がなかった。

結論：人びとの認識が低い断酒の理解を高めると共に、特に男性では、『多量飲酒』への支援の理解を高める取り組みが重要であることが示唆された。

Purposes: People's attitudes towards alcoholics' seeking support from specialists and factors determining these attitudes were investigated from the perspective of gender differences.

Methods: An Internet monitor survey was conducted. The sample (N=800) consisted of a gender ratio of 1:1 and an age range of 20-50 years. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was conducted on the following determinant factors: five items extracted from “seriousness and meaning of problems” and two items extracted from “validity of seeking support.”

Results: Eight-hundred-thirty-seven questionnaires were collected. Results indicated that people's attitudes towards alcoholics' seeking support from specialists were generally affirmative. Moreover, the consciousness of determinant factors was high except for “understanding of recovery.” Furthermore, the scores of women were higher than that of men for all of items. Correlations between determinant factors and attitudes indicated that “considerably heavy drinking” and “prognosis with no special support” were not significantly correlated with men's attitudes, whereas “understanding of recovery” was not significantly correlated with women's attitudes.

Conclusion: Improving people's understanding of abstinence is important. Moreover, improving understanding of the significance of support for “heavy drinking” is especially, important in men.