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Samspelet mellan Alkoholkonsumtion och Stress över ålder och kön. En kvantitativ studie
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Psychology.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Psychology.
2024 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Interaction between alcohol consumption and stress across age and gender. A quantitative study (English)
Abstract [sv]

Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka huruvida upplevd stress påverkar alkoholkonsumtionen hos vuxna (individer från 18 år). De hypoteser som undersöktes var att riskfylld och skadlig alkoholkonsumtion varierar beroende på ålder och kön och att det finns ett positivt samband mellan upplevd stress och alkoholkonsumtion. Med andra ord, stress kan möjligtvis öka alkoholkonsumtionen genom att alkohol fungerar som en coping-mekanism för att hantera stress. Hypoteserna besvarades med kvantitativ metod. Ett urval av vuxna deltagare (N=49) besvarade en digital enkät bestående av frågeformulären AUDIT och PSS-10. Analysen genomfördes med hjälp av statistiska metoder, såsom t-test, korrelations- och regressionsanalyser. Resultatet visade att män hade högre alkoholkonsumtion än kvinnor, vilket stöds av andra studier. AUDIT korrelerade med de tre variablerna kön, ålder och stress men regressionsanalysen påvisade att endast ålder och kön predicerade AUDIT signifikant. Studiens resultat visade att kön och ålder predicerade AUDIT signifikant men stress predicerade inte AUDIT signifikant. Stress har ett samband med alkoholkonsumtion men studien kunde inte påvisa att stress exklusivt bidrar till alkoholkonsumtion, när kön och ålder togs i beaktande. I resultatet påvisades det att ålder hade ett negativt samband i korrelations- och regressionsanalysen gällande alkoholkonsumtion.

Abstract [en]

The purpose of this thesis was to investigate whether perceived stress affects alcohol consumption for an adult population (individuals from 18 years old). The hypotheses investigated were that risky and harmful alcohol consumption varies depending on age and gender and that perceived stress and alcohol consumption have a positive correlation, i.e., stress can cause an increase in alcohol consumption, in circumstances in which alcohol becomes a coping strategy for individuals under high levels of perceived stress. The hypotheses were investigated using quantitative methods. A sample of adult participants (N=49) answered a digital survey consisting of the AUDIT and PSS-10 questionnaires. The analysis was carried out using statistical methods, such as t-test, correlation, and regression analyses. The results showed that men had higher alcohol consumption than women, which is supported by other studies. AUDIT correlated with the three variables gender, age and stress, but the regression analysis showed that only age and gender predicted AUDIT significantly. The results of the study showed that gender and age predicted AUDIT significantly, but stress did not predict AUDIT significantly. Stress is associated with alcohol consumption, but the study could not demonstrate that stress exclusively contributes to alcohol consumption, when gender and age were considered. The results showed that age had a negative connection in correlation- and regression analysis regarding alcohol consumption.

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2024.
Keywords [en]
Alcohol consumption, AUDIT, perceived stress, PSS-10
Keywords [sv]
Alkoholkonsumtion, AUDIT, upplevd stress, PSS-10
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Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-128823OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-128823DiVA, id: diva2:1851331
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Available from: 2024-04-18 Created: 2024-04-13 Last updated: 2024-04-18Bibliographically approved

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