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Constructions of alcohol consumption by non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a qualitative systematic review

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dc.contributor.authorMuhlack, E.
dc.contributor.authorCarter, D.
dc.contributor.authorBraunack-Mayer, A.
dc.contributor.authorMorfidis, N.
dc.contributor.authorEliott, J.
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionPublished online: 18 September 2018
dc.description.abstractBackground: Current research into alcohol consumption focuses predominantly on problematic drinkers and populations considered likely to engage in risky behaviours. Middle-aged drinkers are an under-researched group, despite emerging evidence that their regular drinking patterns may carry some risk. Methods: We searched Scopus, Ovid Medline, and Ovid PsycInfo for peer-reviewed, English-language publications appearing prior to 31 December 2015 and relating to the construction of alcohol consumption by middle-aged non-problematised drinkers. Thirteen papers were included in our thematic analysis. Results: Middle-aged non-problematised drinkers constructed their drinking practices by creating a narrative of normative drinking via discourses of gender, identity, play, and learning to drink. They also used drinking norms to construct their gender and identity. Health was not identified as a significant consideration for the population of interest when constructing alcohol consumption, except where drinking behaviours were likely to harm another. Conclusions: These results suggest that public health campaigns aimed at reducing alcohol consumption may be more effective if they focus on unacceptable drinking behaviours instead of personal health outcomes.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityEmma Muhlack, Drew Carter, Annette Braunack-Mayer, Nicholas Morfidis and Jaklin Eliott
dc.identifier.citationBMC Public Health, 2018; 18(1):1016-1-1016-10
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12889-018-5948-x
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.orcidMuhlack, E. [0000-0002-4089-3996]
dc.identifier.orcidCarter, D. [0000-0002-1221-6656]
dc.identifier.orcidBraunack-Mayer, A. [0000-0003-4427-0224]
dc.identifier.orcidEliott, J. [0000-0002-3154-4516]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/115910
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP120200175
dc.rights© The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5948-x
dc.subjectAlcohol consumption; qualitative; systematic review
dc.titleConstructions of alcohol consumption by non-problematised middle-aged drinkers: a qualitative systematic review
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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