Intoxication and self-orientations during alcohol use: an empirical assessment of the relationship and of its determinants among employed men and women.
Analysis of data from a survey of employed adults in Detroit indicates that frequency of intoxication is associated with a masculine self-orientation among men and a feminine self-orientation among women during alcohol use. The study calls attention to the importance of fathers' drinking, life events, social class relations and a generalized alienation from self, work and society for understanding frequency of intoxication and masculine and feminine orientations during alcohol use. A path analysis suggests that the men and women who become intoxicated may regain a sense of self and relationships to others that they do not have in sober everyday life. Implications for future research on heavy drinking and self-orientations during alcohol use are discussed.
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Department of Sociology, California State University, Long Beach 90840.
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D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000235:genetics; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012918:Social Alienation; D012923:Social Class