Alcohol. Where do
people make the decision when they want to have a drink or two? Why do people
decide to have alcohol rather than another comfort beverage? In a study called
“Childhood Sexual Abuse, Distress, and Alcohol-Related Problems: Moderation by
Drinking to Cope” by Emily Grekin, Kathryn Smith and Philip Smith, researchers
decided to go further into the motivation and reasons for alcohol abuse in
people who have been abused at young age.
Researchers found that those who were abused whether it was physically,
emotionally or just traumatic events were more susceptible to become heavy
drinkers. This alcohol abuse was a form of coping. Alcohol was a way to escape
the abuse. However, it only worked for just a while until they needed another
drink. Since alcohol is a depressant, drinking excessively just caused more
pain.
Some implications
found in these results are that alcohol is used as a coping method. The
depressant in the alcohol is something that numbs the pain for those that have
been in traumatizing events. However
also alcohol leads these victims into a never-ending circle. They have to deal
with alcohol consequences, which once again lead to heavy drinking. Heavy
drinking lead to the over abuse of alcohol.
Some limitations
that can be found in this research is the method that the researchers used as
well as who the participants were. The method used to find any results of
correlation between alcohol and abuse was found by surveys. The participants in
a way were only motivated by the reward at the end of the survey. Validity is
extremely low in this method because it is all self-report. The participants
chosen for this were all mainly women. There was a huge time constraint between
when things happened and the understanding of the impact of the abuse on the
participants.
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