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Citation

Lesch E, Casper R. J. Health Psychol. 2015; 22(4): 409-421.

Affiliation

Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1359105315603476

PMID

26487737

Abstract

This article aims to provide a community-specific understanding of a subgroup of South African men who exhibit particularly high rates of hazardous alcohol consumption. Adopting a social constructionist framework, we interviewed 13 Cape Winelands men who lived on farms to explore their drinking constructions. We present three themes that shed light on problematic drinking in this group: (1) the notion of weekend binge-drinking as 'respectable' drinking, (2) drinking as shared activity that fulfils various psycho-social needs and (3) a sense of powerlessness to affect their own or their children's alcohol consumption. These findings are viewed against a specific socio-historical backdrop.


Language: en

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