Rodeo participants : life styles and alcohol

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The focus of this study was to describe a group of Eastern Montana rodeo participants and their cultural characteristics in relation to alcohol.The purpose of the study was to describe the roles, norms of behavior, and values of rodeo participants as associated with alcohol.The problem of alcohol abuse is considered one of the major health problems in the United States.Recent treatment trends have emphasized the need to consider the cultural background of the individual client.An ethnographic research design was utilized.Twenty-one rodeo participants in Eastern Montana were interviewed.Content analysis of interview data led to the descriptive findings.The data obtained described rodeo participants as a group with numerous subgroups.Norms of behavior existed for each subgroup.The values associated with alcohol also varied with subgroups.The role of alcohol varied with the rodeo role of the participant.The life styles of rodeo participants were filled with numerous stresses relating to c

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