The value of ethnographic alcohol studies: a psychologist's perspective.
Drinking behavior has been studied by scientists from a variety of social science disciplines including anthropology, economics, sociology, and psychology. The very nature of their narrow, discipline-based training and work, however, has often prevented these scientists from appreciating each other's different methodologies and from conducting cooperative, interdisciplinary studies. In this paper, I discuss how my own experience with ethnographic alcohol studies influenced my research on drinking behavior. I then outline a research strategy that could be used to foster interdisciplinary alcohol studies.
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Hispanic Research Center, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458.
D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural / Q000639:trends*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology / Q000639:trends*; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends