A Meta-Analysis of Factors Associated with Alcohol Consumption Behavior in Thailand
Keywords:
Alcohol Consumption Behavior, Meta-Analysis, Moderator Analysis, Research Synthesis, Theory of Triadic InfluenceAbstract
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to explore the characteristics of the research, analyze the standard indices, and compare the differences in the standard indices of the factors associated with alcohol consumption behavior in Thailand classified by the variables of the research characteristics. The population consisted of 48 studies on factors related to alcohol drinking behavior in Thailand, conducted during 2013 - 2022, which contained sufficient statistics for conversion into standard index and passed research quality assessment. These studies were selected purposively. The research instruments were research quality scales and coding form, which passed content validity testing by three experts. All the data were calculated using the meta-analysis method of Rosenthal and Hedges, and analyzed using the JAMOVI program, and
MAJOR-Meta-Analysis for JAMOVI module. The results showed that the research characteristics consisted of three aspects including general characteristics, substantives of the research, and methodological characteristics. The standard indices of factors related to alcohol consumption behavior in Thailand, from the highest to the lowest, was the influence factor from the cultural environment with a moderate negative standard indices (r=-.27, p<.001), followed by the influence factor from the social context with a moderate positive standard indices (r=.25, p<.001), and the influence factor from intra-personal with a low negative standard indices (r=-.14, p<.001), respectively. The variables with high positive standard indices were the variable of having a friend drink alcohol (r=.40, p<.001), and the remaining variables had medium and low standard indices. Research characteristics that influenced variations in standard indices included publication year, research institution, participants' occupations, sample size, and hypothesis testing statistics. The results of this research can be used as a guide to determine how to solve problems caused by alcohol consumption.
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