title: Drinking in the age of the Great Recession.
abstract: The United States has been experiencing the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression. This article presents the Life Change Consequences of the Great Recession (LCCGR), an instrument depicting work and personal life-related stressors reflecting the enduring effects of the Great Recession. A national sample of 663 respondents completed a mail survey including this instrument and measures of drinking outcomes. Multiple regression analyses addressed the links between the LCCGR and drinking. Economy-related stressors manifested significant effects on both male and female consumptions patterns, but most LCCGR subscales were more clearly related to problematic drinking patterns in men compared with women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. jrichman@psych.uic.edu
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Richman
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rospenda
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Young Ilk
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Ganga
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vijayasira
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cloninger
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology; D057172:Economic Recession / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D000431:Ethanol / Q000506:poisoning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol