dc.contributor.author | Tamers, Sara L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Okechukwu, Cassandra | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Bohl, Alex A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Guéguen, Alice | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Goldberg, Marcel | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zins, Marie | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-11T13:25:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Tamers, Sara L., Cassandra Okechukwu, Alex A. Bohl, Alice Guéguen, Marcel Goldberg, and Marie Zins. 2014. “The Impact of Stressful Life Events on Excessive Alcohol Consumption in the French Population: Findings from the GAZEL Cohort Study.” PLoS ONE 9 (1): e87653. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087653. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11879530 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Major life changes may play a causative role in health through lifestyle factors, such as alcohol. The objective was to examine the impact of stressful life events on heavy alcohol consumption among French adults. Methods: Trajectories of excessive alcohol consumption in 20,625 employees of the French national gas and electricity company for up to 5 years before and 5 years after an event, with annual measurements from 1992. We used repeated measures analysis of time series data indexed to events, employing generalized estimating equations. Results: For women, excessive alcohol use increased before important purchase (p = 0.021), children leaving home (p<0.001), and death of loved ones (p = 0.03), and decreased before widowhood (p = 0.015); in the year straddling the event, increased consumption was observed for important purchase (p = 0.018) and retirement (p = 0.002); at the time of the event, consumption decreased for marriage (p = 0.002), divorce, widowhood, and death of loved one (all p<0.001), and increased for retirement (p = 0.035). For men, heavy alcohol consumption increased in the years up to and surrounding the death of loved ones, retirement, and important purchase (all p<0.001), and decreased after (all p<0.001, except death of loved one: p = 0.006); at the time of the event, consumption decreased for all events except for children leaving home and retirement, where we observed an increase (all p<0.001). For women and men, heavy alcohol consumption decreased prior to marriage and divorce and increased after (all p<0.001, except for women and marriage: p = 0.01). Conclusion: Stressful life events promote healthy and unhealthy alcohol consumption. Certain events impact alcohol intake temporarily while others have longer-term implications. Research should disentangle women's and men's distinct perceptions of events over time. | en |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en |
dc.relation.isversionof | doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087653 | en |
dc.relation.hasversion | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3903768/pdf/ | en |
dash.license | LAA | en_US |
dc.subject | Medicine | en |
dc.subject | Clinical Research Design | en |
dc.subject | Longitudinal Studies | en |
dc.subject | Epidemiology | en |
dc.subject | Lifecourse Epidemiology | en |
dc.subject | Geriatrics | en |
dc.subject | Global Health | en |
dc.subject | Mental Health | en |
dc.subject | Psychology | en |
dc.subject | Psychological Stress | en |
dc.subject | Non-Clinical Medicine | en |
dc.subject | Public Health | en |
dc.subject | Alcohol | en |
dc.subject | Social and Behavioral Sciences | en |
dc.title | The Impact of Stressful Life Events on Excessive Alcohol Consumption in the French Population: Findings from the GAZEL Cohort Study | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en |
dc.relation.journal | PLoS ONE | en |
dash.depositing.author | Okechukwu, Cassandra | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2014-03-11T13:25:43Z | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0087653 | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Okechukwu, Cassandra | |