Male solitary drinking and hazardous alcohol use in nine countries of the former Soviet Union

Highlights • Until now there has been little focus on solitary drinking. • Solitary drinking is relatively common among males in the former Soviet Union (fSU). • Male solitary drinking is associated with social and economic disadvantage. • Solitary drinking among men is linked to hazardous alcohol u...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2015-05, Vol.150, p.105-111
Main Authors: Stickley, Andrew, Koyanagi, Ai, Roberts, Bayard, Murphy, Adrianna, Kizilova, Kseniya, McKee, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Alcohol
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Alcohol problems
Alcoholism - epidemiology
Alcoholism - psychology
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Baltic and East European studies
Belarus
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drinking behavior
Former Soviet Union
Georgia
Heavy episodic drinking
HITT survey
Humans
Kazakhstan
Male
Middle Aged
Moldova
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Social Support
Solitary drinking
Soviet Union
USSR
Young Adult
Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning
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Summary:Highlights • Until now there has been little focus on solitary drinking. • Solitary drinking is relatively common among males in the former Soviet Union (fSU). • Male solitary drinking is associated with social and economic disadvantage. • Solitary drinking among men is linked to hazardous alcohol use in the fSU.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.017