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2011

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Drugs and employment

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Factors Contributing To Young Worker Atod Use Both And Off The Job, Sara Michelle Martin May 2011

Factors Contributing To Young Worker Atod Use Both And Off The Job, Sara Michelle Martin

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The present study was designed to evaluate whether workplace factors such as permissive culture or workplace stress are associated with the day-to-day use of alcohol, tobacco or other drugs (ATOD) among young adult workers (N = 187). Previous research has found stronger relationships between ATOD use and workplace factors when ATOD use was measured on and off the job separately. To isolate on the job factors from off the job ATOD use, participants were asked to complete daily diary entries regarding their workday. It was predicted that workers who report stressful workdays and ATOD-tolerant workplace cultures will report more ATOD …