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| Title: | Alcohol Use in New York after the Terrorist Attacks: A Study of the Effects of Psychological Trauma on Drinking Behavior |
| Authors: | Boscarino, Joseph A.
Adams, Richard E.
Galea, Sandro |
| Keywords: | Community Disasters
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Alcohol Abuse
Psychological Distress
Survey Research |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | Addictive Behaviors |
| Citation: | Addictive Behaviors 31 (2006) 606–621 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/40264> |
| Abstract: | Research has suggested that exposure to psychological trauma is associated with increased abuse of
psychoactive substances, particularly alcohol. To assess this, we analyzed alcohol consumption, binge drinking,
and alcohol dependence among a random sample of 1681 New York City adults 1 year and 2 years after the
September 11 attacks. In multivariate models controlling for demographic factors, other stressor exposures, social
psychological resources, and history of anti-social behavior, we found that greater exposure to the World Trade
Center disaster (WTCD) was associated with greater alcohol consumption at 1 year and 2 years after this event. In
addition, our analyses also indicated that exposure to the WTCD was associated with binge drinking at 1 year after
but not 2 years after this event. Alcohol dependence, assessed as present in either year 1 or year 2, also was
positively associated with greater WTCD exposures. Posttraumatic stress disorder was not associated with alcohol
use, once WTCD exposure and other covariates were controlled. Our study suggests that exposure to psychological
trauma may be associated with increases in problem drinking long after exposure and deserves further
investigation.
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| Appears in Collections: | Public Health, School of (SPH)
Epidemiology, Department of (SPH)
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
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