The Buffering Effect of Social Support on the Relationship between Risk Drinking and Depression in Korean Middle-aged Married Men and Women

Abstract

This study aims to improve the quality of life of middle-aged married men and women and their families by examining the relationship between risk drinking and depression in middle-aged married men and women, and by exploring the buffering effects of social support, family support, and friend support based on the relationship. There is this. In order to achieve this purpose, correlation analysis was conducted on 702 people who have a family of two or more in the online survey data. A hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine whether risk drinking had an effect on depression and whether social support had an interactive effect in this relationship. The main results are: First, risk drinking precedes depression and becomes an inducer of depression, which supports the toxicity hypothesis. Second, the higher the educational background and income, the lower the depression. Third, in the influence of risk drinking on depression, in the group with high social support, family support, and friend support, even if risk drinking increased, the degree of depression was moderately increased. Fourth, in the analysis of the three support models and the moderating effect according to gender in the effect of risk drinking on depression, it was found that only in the case of women, the buffer effect was found to be statistically significant in friend support. Based on the results, social welfare interventions were discussed for risk drinking, depression, and social support in middle-aged married men and women.