- Effect of Distress Tolerance Improvement Intervention for Problematic Drinkers
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Gwang-Pyo Jang, Hyae Young Yoon
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STRESS. 2025;33(1):22-32. Published online March 28, 2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17547/kjsr.2025.33.1.22
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 Abstract
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- Background
This study examined the effects of an intervention to improving distress tolerance, drinking refusal self-efficacy, and alcohol consumption in problematic drinkers.
Methods
Adults who reported problematic drinking were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n=11) or comparison group (n=11). The groups were either administered treatment to improve distress tolerance or watch a video in which abstinent women talked about their drinking and abstinence experiences.
Results
The repeated-measures ANOVA showed no significant change in alcohol consumption in the intervention group. However, appraisal, a distress tolerance subscale, and opportunity for drink refusal self-efficacy, a drink refusal self-efficacy subscale, increased.
Conclusions
Short-term interventions to improve distress tolerance may help change distress tolerance and drinking refusal self-efficacy.
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