Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia
Aims: This study aims to understand the dose-response relationship of the volume and patterns of alcohol consumption with alcohol-related antisocial behaviours (ASB) in the general population and assess whether these relationships are consistent across various sociodemographic subgroups. Methods: We...
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| author | Marzan, M. Callinan, S. Livingston, Michael Jiang, H. |
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| description | Aims: This study aims to understand the dose-response relationship of the volume and patterns of alcohol consumption with alcohol-related antisocial behaviours (ASB) in the general population and assess whether these relationships are consistent across various sociodemographic subgroups. Methods: We used data from 30,275 respondents aged (14−69) from two waves (2013 and 2016) of the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS). Average daily alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking (HED) frequencies were treated as the main independent variables and self-reported ASB perpetration as the dependent variable. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression models predicting ASB with interaction terms between alcohol consumption and various sociodemographic variables were estimated. Findings: Compared with low-risk drinking (0.01–20 g of alcohol/day), respondents drinking at risky (20.01–40 g of alcohol/day) and high risk (>40 g of alcohol per day) levels had an increased prevalence of ASB perpetration with adjusted odds ratios of 3.63 (95% CI 2.98–4.42) and 8.07 (6.72–9.71). Increasing frequency of HED was also linked to increased self-report of ASB perpetration in bivariable and multivariable models. In our interaction models, we found higher probabilities of ASB perpetration among younger and unmarried respondents for a given level of drinking. Discussion and conclusions: Both average daily alcohol consumption and frequency of HED predict the probability of perpetrating alcohol-related ASB. Unsurprisingly, the risk of alcohol-specific ASB increased more quickly with consumption levels for younger and single respondents, suggesting interventions to reduce consumption among younger and unmarried persons will significantly impact ASB. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-914832023-05-10T07:54:25Z Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia Marzan, M. Callinan, S. Livingston, Michael Jiang, H. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Substance Abuse Psychiatry Alcohol Antisocial behaviours Heavy episodic drinking Dose-response analysis Australia BINGE DRINKING PATTERNS RISK HARM AGGRESSION CONSEQUENCES DIMENSIONS DISEASE OTHERS INJURY Alcohol Antisocial behaviours Australia Dose-response analysis Heavy episodic drinking Alcohol Drinking Antisocial Personality Disorder Australia Ethanol Humans Self Report Humans Ethanol Alcohol Drinking Antisocial Personality Disorder Australia Self Report Aims: This study aims to understand the dose-response relationship of the volume and patterns of alcohol consumption with alcohol-related antisocial behaviours (ASB) in the general population and assess whether these relationships are consistent across various sociodemographic subgroups. Methods: We used data from 30,275 respondents aged (14−69) from two waves (2013 and 2016) of the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS). Average daily alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking (HED) frequencies were treated as the main independent variables and self-reported ASB perpetration as the dependent variable. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression models predicting ASB with interaction terms between alcohol consumption and various sociodemographic variables were estimated. Findings: Compared with low-risk drinking (0.01–20 g of alcohol/day), respondents drinking at risky (20.01–40 g of alcohol/day) and high risk (>40 g of alcohol per day) levels had an increased prevalence of ASB perpetration with adjusted odds ratios of 3.63 (95% CI 2.98–4.42) and 8.07 (6.72–9.71). Increasing frequency of HED was also linked to increased self-report of ASB perpetration in bivariable and multivariable models. In our interaction models, we found higher probabilities of ASB perpetration among younger and unmarried respondents for a given level of drinking. Discussion and conclusions: Both average daily alcohol consumption and frequency of HED predict the probability of perpetrating alcohol-related ASB. Unsurprisingly, the risk of alcohol-specific ASB increased more quickly with consumption levels for younger and single respondents, suggesting interventions to reduce consumption among younger and unmarried persons will significantly impact ASB. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91483 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109432 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101781 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE180100016 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT210100656 ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Substance Abuse Psychiatry Alcohol Antisocial behaviours Heavy episodic drinking Dose-response analysis Australia BINGE DRINKING PATTERNS RISK HARM AGGRESSION CONSEQUENCES DIMENSIONS DISEASE OTHERS INJURY Alcohol Antisocial behaviours Australia Dose-response analysis Heavy episodic drinking Alcohol Drinking Antisocial Personality Disorder Australia Ethanol Humans Self Report Humans Ethanol Alcohol Drinking Antisocial Personality Disorder Australia Self Report Marzan, M. Callinan, S. Livingston, Michael Jiang, H. Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia |
| title | Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia |
| title_full | Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia |
| title_short | Alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in Australia |
| title_sort | alcohol consumption, heavy episodic drinking and the perpetration of antisocial behaviours in australia |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Substance Abuse Psychiatry Alcohol Antisocial behaviours Heavy episodic drinking Dose-response analysis Australia BINGE DRINKING PATTERNS RISK HARM AGGRESSION CONSEQUENCES DIMENSIONS DISEASE OTHERS INJURY Alcohol Antisocial behaviours Australia Dose-response analysis Heavy episodic drinking Alcohol Drinking Antisocial Personality Disorder Australia Ethanol Humans Self Report Humans Ethanol Alcohol Drinking Antisocial Personality Disorder Australia Self Report |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101781 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101781 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101781 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91483 |