SynthesisAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2018
Harm from Known Others' Drinking by Relationship Proximity to the Harmful Drinker and Gender: A Meta-Analysis Across 10 Countries.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A Woman's Burden: Mental Health Outcomes Among US Women with Heavy Drinkers in Their Lives.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2026Article
- Violence exposure and quality of life among partners and parents of individuals with substance use problems.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Risky relationships: Secondhand harms and health indicators associated with college students' relationships with heavy drinkers.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- Predictors of concerned others' Al-Anon attendance and involvement following adults' entry into treatment for an alcohol use disorder.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Article
- A global review of the impact on women from men's alcohol drinking: the need for responding with a gendered lens.Global health action · 2024Review
- Can alcohol policy prevent harms to women and children from men's alcohol consumption? An overview of existing literature and suggested ways forward.The International journal on drug policy · 2023Review
- Prevalence of Alcohol-Related Harms in Yi and Han Ethnic Groups in a Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Relationship between Alcohol Drinking Indicators and Self-Rated Mental Health (SRMH): Standardized European Alcohol Survey (SEAS).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- "He is lovely and awful": The challenges of being close to an individual with alcohol problems.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2022Article
- Consequences, Motives, and Expectancies of Consumption as Predictors of Binge Drinking in University Women.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A gender-focused multilevel analysis of how country, regional and individual level factors relate to harm from others' drinking.Drugs (Abingdon, England) · 2022Article
- How concerned significant others experience Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) - a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Severe harm from others' drinking: A population-based study on sex differences and the role of one's own drinking habits.Drug and alcohol review · 2021Article
- Improving measurement of harms from others' drinking: A key informant study on type and severity of harm.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDrinking is a common activity with friends or at home but is associated with harms within both close and extended relationships. This study investigates associations between having a close proximity relationship with a harmful drinker and likelihood of experiencing harms from known others' drinking for men and women in 10 countries.
methodsData about alcohol's harms to others from national/regional surveys from 10 countries were used. Gender-stratified random-effects meta-analysis compared the likelihood of experiencing each, and at least 1, of 7 types of alcohol-related harm in the last 12 months, between those who identified someone in close proximity to them (a partner, family member, or household member) and those who identified someone from an extended relationship as the most harmful drinker (MHD) in their life in the last 12 months.
resultsWomen were most likely to report a close male MHD, while men were most likely to report an extended male MHD. Relatedly, women with a close MHD were more likely than women with an extended MHD to report each type of harm, and 1 or more harms, from others' drinking. For men, having a close MHD was associated with increased odds of reporting some but not all types of harm from others' drinking and was not associated with increased odds of experiencing 1 or more harms.
conclusionsThe experience of harm attributable to the drinking of others differs by gender. For preventing harm to women, the primary focus should be on heavy or harmful drinkers in close proximity relationships; for preventing harm to men, a broader approach is needed. This and further work investigating the dynamics among gender, victim-perpetrator relationships, alcohol, and harm to others will help to develop interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm to others which are specific to the contexts within which harms occur.
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