中華心理衛生協會

The purpose of the study was to explore the experience of alcohol drinking among female aboriginal junior college students. Eleven subjects, who drank at least once per month, accepted in-depth individual tape-recording interview for 1 to 3 times. The contents of these interviews were transcribed word by word. For increasing the validity of the study, a triangulation method was used including-peer debriefings, participators' review and epidemiological survey. The data analysis revealed that the meaning of drinking experience could be explained by a major theme, namely ”pull-push relationship”. The relationship can be subcategoried as ”cognitive ambivalence” and ”emotional complex”. The former described the contradiction of drinking behavior; while the latter, the linkage with conventionality. This study thus was an attempt to depict background context of the major theme from three aspects: cultural differences between Han and aboriginal tribes, ruling regulation in school, and characteristics of female adolescents. It is suggested that drinking behavior of female aboriginal adolescents need to be further understood and form a multi-dimensional perspective. The finding of this study could provide schools a framework for better understanding of drinking behavior in female aboriginal adolescents.