Drinking Culture Research Articles

Pregaming normalizes culture of drinking, drug use

Pregaming, tailgating, or other party activities revolving around alcohol before athletic events on college campuses can have dire and long‐lasting effects on students, according to a recent study from Texas A&M University.

Pregaming normalizes culture of drinking, drug use

Pregaming, tailgating, or other party activities revolving around alcohol before athletic events on college campuses can have dire and long‐lasting effects on students, according to a recent study from Texas A&M University.

Fraternal Friendships: Brotherhood and Middle-Class Leisure in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

ABSTRACT Using personal correspondence between brothers and cousins, this article explores the leisure pursuits of young men in middle-class rural Ireland. It considers the geography of sociability, contrasting social activities in rural Donegal with their experiences in urban centres, such as, Belfast, Glasgow, and Liverpool. This article argues that tightly-knit family social networks were necessary for the rural middle classes to participate in wider leisure activities and middle-class society. In exploring family correspondence and discussions of parties, the theatre, and sporting spectacles, this article provides insight into middle-class Irish attitudes towards drinking culture, courtship, and sociability.

Pregaming normalizes culture of drinking, drug use

Pregaming, tailgating, or other party activities revolving around alcohol before athletic events on college campuses can have dire and long‐lasting effects on students, according to a recent study from Texas A&M University.

Pregaming normalizes culture of drinking, drug use

Pregaming normalizes culture of drinking, drug use

Cultural Comparisons: A Comparison of Tea Drinking Traditions in Java and Sichuan

Tea is a type of drink that has been around since ancient times. In fact, in some regions, tea has become an integral part of culture and an inseparable part of people's social life, and also contains philosophical values. In each region, tea has its own characteristics. This is based on the variety and type of tea leaves themselves as well as the way they are served which are different in each region. The diversity of types of tea and forms of presentation certainly cannot be separated from differences in the environment where the tea leaves grow, as well as the origin of the tea in a particular region. These two factors refer to the practice of drinking tea and the different ways of serving tea in each region. China will immediately come to mind when you hear the word tea, because its tea culture is still strong today. On the one hand, Indonesia still adheres to its tea drinking culture. Tea has its own position in the traditions and practices of several cultures in China and Indonesia, especially in the Sichuan region and the island of Java. The aim of this research is to explore some of the differences that exist in tea drinking traditions in Java and Sichuan. We will also explore various cultural aspects that influence the practice of drinking tea, such as how tea is served, the type of tea used, related customs, and the symbolic meaning attached to the tea drinking ritual itself. So that in the end, readers will be able to appreciate the cultural diversity that exists in this world and encourage the exchange of knowledge and experience in tea drinking practices in both regions. The research method that is used is qualitative method of library research, namely collecting data by searching for sources and reconstructing information from various sources such as books, journals and existing research. The findings from this research are differences in the presentation and way of enjoying tea in Java and Sichuan.

Bans on eating and drinking: What do investors think?

This study examines the stock return responses to the declaration by the Chinese government of five restrictions on the drinking of alcohol. We propose that a teetotal effect occurred when the stock returns of alcohol companies dropped after these announcements. We classify alcohol companies into those that produced Chinese liquor and those that produced non-Chinese liquor and argue that Chinese liquor was more seriously affected by the restriction than non-Chinese liquor. We further classify Chinese liquor into top- and bottom-quality Chinese liquor. Through our analysis, we observed distinct patterns in the stock returns of these companies over different time periods. First, our results indicate the existence of a teetotal effect on the event day, especially for top-quality Chinese liquor. Next, the abnormal returns became positive in the days following the event, varying between the second, third, and fourth days. Finally, the returns show a mixed pattern for an even longer time window. We then explain these observations. The first negative effect was a result of the market shocks from the news; then Chinese investors believed that the demand for high-quality Chinese liquor would not be reduced because of the endurance of the drinking culture of China. Finally, people accepted the restrictions.

Alcohol-related stigma within the UK veterinary profession.

Veterinarians have poorer mental health and have higher levels of alcohol consumption compared to the general population. This study aimed to explore perceptions and experiences of problem drinking within the veterinary profession in the UK. Online semi-structured interviews were completed with multidisciplined practising veterinarians in the UK. The data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis. Seventeen veterinarians were recruited. The participants were predominantly female (n = 15, 88%).Seven participants (41%) reported personal experience of problem drinking. Four main themes were identified: a normalised culture of drinking, the impact of drinking on mental health and suicide risk, perceptions and attitudes towards problem drinking, and impacts of formal intervention. Drinking to cope was normalised and widespread among veterinarians. Problem drinking was reported to negatively impact mental health and provoke high self-stigma. Both alcohol-related stigma and fear of involvement from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) were barriers to help-seeking. No other veterinary professionals or participants with lived experience of RCVS investigation for problem drinking were included. Alcohol-related stigma and fear of RCVS involvement reduce veterinary help-seeking for problem drinking, which may have a negative effect on veterinarians' mental health.

The esthetics of everyday life for Jiangnan literati in the late Ming and early Qing period: Drinking culture as a case study

The everyday lives of late Ming and early Qing Jiangnan literati had interesting esthetic characteristics. This article analyzes drinking culture to explore these artistic lifestyles. The consumption of alcohol was not merely a way to satisfy the taste buds or the stomach. Rather, it was a form of entertainment and cultural practice that showcased lifestyle and personality. In addition to analyzing the emotional lives of Jiangnan literati, this article will also explore the esthetic concept of “leisure” (閒xian) as leisure embodied the esthetics of Jiangnan literati life. Leisure was a daily life pursuit of many Jiangnan literati, as well as a measure of a person’s taste. The everyday lives of literati became more interesting and varied because they valued leisure.

A qualitative study of the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: The impact on alcohol consumption and driving behaviours

COVID-19 influenced life in a multitude of ways beyond immediate health impacts. This included driving behaviours. People drove less often during the early months of the pandemic, yet crash rates increased. There were reports of increased alcohol consumption during this same time which was considered to impact on driving behaviours such as drink driving. This study explores the thoughts and opinions of Queensland, Australian drivers (n = 798) concerning driving behaviours, alcohol consumption, and drink driving behaviours during the early phases of the pandemic (April – August 2020). Participants responded to qualitative questions in online questionnaires over three phases that prompted thoughts in these domains. Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model was found to explain participants’ comments with the six layers seeming to impact driving, alcohol consumption, and drink driving behaviours. That is, these behaviours were influenced at an individual level (e.g., coping mechanisms), the microsystem level (e.g., reduced opportunities for socialisation), the mesosystem (e.g., work demands impacting family), the exosystem (e.g., large scale random breath testing was suspended and road police deployed to border control), the macrosystem (e.g., Australian drinking culture), and the chronosystem (the pandemic). Understanding the perspectives of individuals during a sudden shift in life caused by COVID-19 highlights the broader impact of the pandemic on people’s behaviours. In addition, this study also provides important insights into the intricacies of driving, drinking and drink driving behaviours. These understandings can inform future research and countermeasures to prevent these risky behaviours.

Pregaming normalizes a culture of drinking, drug use, study finds

Pregaming normalizes a culture of drinking, drug use, study finds

Job satisfaction brought about by the innovative personality of the supervisor: Adding new dimensions to leadership research

This study analyzed supervisor factors that affect employee attitudes, and adds two new aspects to these. We applied structural equation modeling to an online survey of 1,000 full-time employees across 10 Japanese industries. We found that the supervisor's innovative personality had a positive effect on the subordinates' job satisfaction, and the traditional drinking culture of Japanese companies had a positive effect on the subordinates' turnover intention. Therefore, it is necessary to convey the importance of expressing innovation on a daily basis in training managers, and to not force the drinking culture into the 360-degree evaluation feedback of supervisors.

An examination of mothers’ sensemaking of ‘mommy drinking culture’

ABSTRACT The rise of ‘mommy drinking’ or ‘wine mom’ culture, popularized by social media and capitalized upon by mommy drinking merchandise and female-branded alcohol, coincides with the intensive demands and pressures of modern mothering. Using a sensemaking framework, this study examined how mothers made sense of mommy drinking culture. Through 21 in-depth interviews, findings illustrate that mothers made sense of drinking culture in five main ways: de-alignment with suburban mommy drinkers; as a product of cultural lack of support for mothers; a response to the stress of motherhood and expectations of perfectionism; normalized yet polarized; and a cover for problem drinking. Participants were very aware that mommy drinking can divide and disparage mothers and draw attention from the very real systematic and structural problems disadvantaging mothers, often prompting them to drink to cope.

Removal of turbidity in low-alcohol Chinese baijiu by coalescence separation

Chinese Baijiu has always been preferred by the majority of alcoholic drink lovers with its rich aroma. With the popularity of drinking culture and mental health, low-alcohol Baijiu has achieved increasing attention. This paper innovatively adopts the coalescence method of separating emulsion to solve the turbidity problem in the process of degrading Baijiu. Firstly, the characteristics of feasible materials for turbidity removal via coalescence were explored. Three materials with different pore size, chemical composition, and wetting behavior, namely polyether sulfone (PES), glass fiber (GF) and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), were characterized. Secondly, the emulsion structure and composition of the diluted Chinese Baijiu were analyzed. Finally, the selected porous materials were conducted to separate the precipitates in the degraded Baijiu for a clear Baijiu. The results found that both PVDF with excellent affinity to esters under alcohol solution and PES with small pore size exhibited efficient turbidity removal efficiency. Furthermore, the effect of pore size ranging from 0.1 to 5 μm of the PVDF coalescing material on the turbidity removal was investigated. However, the small pore size resulted in great pressure drop and followed the screening mechanism which contributed to high energy consumption and membrane fouling issue. The large pore size PVDF materials with average pore size of 1.6–4.0 μm achieved high flux of 5.30 × 104 L/(m2·h) with 90∼100% turbidity removal for 39% alcohol content-Baijiu via coalescence. The quality after coalescence removal of turbid was good indicating the coalescence removal method is a Chinese Baijiu turbidity removal potential technology.

The Influence of Customer Relationship Marketing and Brand Image on Customer Loyalty with Customer Satisfaction as a Mediation Variable (Study on Starbucks Coffee Indonesia)

Changes in consumer behavior are an ongoing phenomenon and are very important in the world of business, marketing and economics. Consumer behavior has new habits and lifestyles which have made fans of coffee drinking culture popular among the public. The business opportunity to open a coffee shop is one of the growing businesses in Indonesia. The large number of coffee shops in Indonesia makes business competition increasingly fierce and having loyal customers is one of the most important company assets. Starbucks is one of the largest coffee shop brands in Indonesia which really pays attention to marketing strategy and focuses more on customer relationships, namely Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM). Apart from CRM, brand image and brand loyalty also play an important role in differentiating a company and are powerful marketing tools mediated by customer satisfaction. The sample used in this research was 210 taken by purposive sampling. The data obtained were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis with the help of the AMOS 24 application. The research results show that the influence of customer relationship marketing has a significant positive effect on customer loyalty and customer satisfaction. Brand image has an insignificant positive effect on customer loyalty, but has a significant effect on customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction has a significant positive effect on customer loyalty.

Examination of social worlds of risky drinking. Insights from Twitter data analysis.

Rich nature of social media data offers a great opportunity to examine social worlds of its users. Further to wide range of topics being discussed on social media, alcohol-related content is prevalent on social media and studies have found an association between this content and increased consumption of alcohol, cravings for alcohol and addiction. This study analyses social media data to examine social worlds of risky drinking in Victoria, Australia. This study conducted a scoping literature review and two online surveys, one with the general community and the other with health professionals, to determine key words to search for on social media sites. These keywords were used in a social media analytics tool called Talkwalker to generate quantitative and qualitative data on the social media users and their conversations. NVIVO was used for developing categories and themes in a sample of 172 posts. A total of 1,021 results were obtained from Twitter. The main demographic group found to be involved in conversations about drinking alcohol on Twitter was young fathers aged 25-34 years. The culture of alcohol consumption in Victoria for Twitter users is reflective of Australia's drinking culture within which risky drinking, and in particular binge drinking, is normalised.

Of Coffee Cups and Beer Glasses: Material Drinking Culture and Colonial Beverages in Rural Northwest Germany, 1600–1800

abstract: This article explores the spread of material drinking culture of colonial and domestic beverages in rural regions in early modern northwest Germany. The rapid diffusion of colonial beverages in early modern Europe is well established in literature on consumption and material culture. But historians have yet to adequately answer questions concerning the way these beverages influenced material culture in intermediate regions, which were neither centers of (global) trade networks nor at their periphery. This article argues that while rural, intermediate areas lagged behind the development of centers, they also produced new forms of material drinking culture distinct from cities.

Us Slavs! A Stereotypical Image of the Slav in Polish Memes

ABSTRACT This study discusses stereotypical distinguishing traits of the Slavs, making up their image that is created by Polish memes. A qualitative analysis of the memes covered their potential to indicate traits and behaviours that are being considered at present as typically Slavic. The analysis is focused on Slavic autostereotypes, showing how today’s Polish Slavs perceive the group with which they identify. The study is aimed to identify the traits defined by the Poles as typically Slavic, and thus to explain who is classified as a stereotypical Slav today. A qualitative analysis of memes depicting the Slavs led to the identification of eight traits attributed to that group of people, namely: the Slav squat, Slavic imagination, the Slavic drinking culture, Slavic culinary preferences, Slavic impulsiveness and tendency to argue, Slavic style, Slavic “technical achievements” and Slavic femininity.

Analysis of factors related to the morphological evolution of Lingnan export mugs in the 18th-20th centuries in the context of one belt and one road.

As a significant trade item on the ancient Silk Road, the evolution of mug shapes represents a confluence of Eastern and Western economic history and cultural-artistic exchanges, also reflecting the flourishing export culture of Guangzhou. This paper analyzes the functional and social factors influencing the morphological changes of Lingnan mugs from 1616 to 1949 from the perspective of quantitative typological analysis. The overall design trend of these mugs transitioned from complex to simple, enhancing user comfort, while variations in mug scale reflect the diversity of consumer classes and regional drinking cultures. Among the 30 mugs analyzed, the average capacity was 356ml, with a range of 1588ml. Common shapes included cylindrical bodies and ear-shaped handles. Morphologically, the belly of the mugs transformed from arc-barrel bodies (emphasizing heat retention) to bulbous bodies, and eventually to cylindrical bodies (combining heat retention, practicality, and economy), with handles also showing signs of East-West integration. The analysis of the mug body' s inclination, with handle-side junction angles ranging from 34° to 53° and wall-side junction angles from 50° to 90°, indicates that these features are associated with stability in placement, aesthetic design, and practicality in liquid containment. These morphological evolutions reflect genuine responses to market demands and advancements in production technology, manifesting as products of market orientation and societal needs. By measuring changes in morphology, scale, volume, and external contour curves, this paper addresses how social factors shape material morphology in an academic context.

Preferensi Konsumen dalam Memilih Tiga Produk Kopi (Kapal Api, Fresco, dan Kahyangan): Sebuah Pendekatan Grid Analysis

The presence of various types of coffee in Jember Regency is a testament to the richness and diversity of coffee drinking culture. With the variety of coffee types and brewing methods offered, consumers are now given the opportunity to explore a wider spectrum of flavours and aromas. Each coffee brand or product circulating in Jember Regency has different physical characteristics such as taste, packaging design, colour, aroma, viscosity, and coffee grounds. The purpose of this study was to determine consumer preferences in choosing three coffee products (ship fire coffee, fresco coffee, and kahyangan coffee). This study uses the Grid Analysis method to determine consumer preferences. This study used 75 samples from 5 sub-districts spread across Jember Regency (Sumbersari, Pakusari, Bangsalsari, Arjasa and Jenggawah). The results of the analysis show that Kapal Api coffee tends to be favoured by respondents compared to fresco and Kahyangan coffee. This is because Kapal Api Coffee has advantages in terms of taste, aroma, viscosity, colour and packaging design, while Kahyangan Coffee only excels in its fine coffee powder. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality and branding of fresco and Kahyangan coffee in Jember Regency