The links between spirituality and social support with alcohol consumption of individuals attending AA groups

Special Issue: "Health promotion interventions" : 25th conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Crete, Greece, 20-24 September 2011The aim of the research was to establish relations among alcohol consumption characteristics, spirituality and social support of people who attend AA groups. AUDIT was used to assess alcohol consumption problems, Daily spiritual experiences scale was used to assess spirituality; and scale of perceived multidimensional social support was used to assess the social support. 154 people (112 men and 42 women) who attend AA group participated in this study. The results showed negative correlation between spirituality and number of alcohol problems of individuals attending AA groups. Some gender differences were found in links among alcohol consumption characteristics, spirituality and social support. Spirituality was more related to problematic alcohol consumption, but social support was more related to alcohol consumption experience for individuals who attend AA group till 4 years. Neither spirituality, nor social support predicted any of alcohol consumption characteristics of individuals attending AA group more than 4 yearsPsichologijos katedraVytauto Didžiojo universiteta