V. Johnson et Hr. White, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK-SPECIFIC AND GENERALIZED STRESS AND ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA USE AMONG RECENT ENTRANTS TO THE LABOR-FORCE, Journal of drug issues, 25(2), 1995, pp. 237-251
This study examined changes in alcohol and marijuana use and problems
in relation to the transition into full-time work, and the effects of
work-related and generalized stress among a group of recent entrants t
o the labor force, Data were obtained from a sample of males and femal
es who were originally interviewed when they were eighteen years old a
nd followed up twice more at three year intervals, We hypothesized tha
t those who transit into and maintain a full-time job will not increas
e their level of consumption if they find the job to be the ''right fi
t.'' The data indicated that when age, gender, and marital status were
controlled, there were few significant effects of the transition to f
ull-time work on use measures. Data from this study provided evidence
of a stronger role for generalized stress over that of work-specific s
tress in predicting changes in drug use in young adulthood.