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Why Teetotallers Abstain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jennifer Hughes ,
Murray Stewart  and
Brian Barraclough
Brian Barraclough
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Southampton, Royal South Hants Hospital, Graham Road, Southampton SO9 4PE
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Summary

Drinking practices and attitudes to alcohol among the members of a Southampton church were investigated by questionnaire (602 subjects) and by interviews (126 subjects). Teetotallers were older than drinkers, and included a higher proportion of women. They perceived their childhood upbringing and the teaching of the Bible as the main factors influencing them to abstain. Both teetotallism and alcoholism were more common among relatives of teetotallers than among relatives of social drinkers.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 2 , February 1985 , pp. 204 - 206
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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