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- Title
Binge Drinking among Adolescents: Prevalence, Risk Practices and Related Variables.
- Authors
GOLPE, SANDRA; ISORNA, MANUEL; BARREIRO, CARMEN; BRAÑA, TERESA; RIAL, ANTONIO
- Abstract
According to the last Survey on Drug Use among Secondary School Students (ESTUDES 2014-2015), consumption levels of alcohol and other substances have decreased in the last years in Spain. However, available data on binge drinking remain worrying, given the negative consequences related with this pattern. The aim of this paper is to analyse binge drinking among adolescents, providing updated data on prevalence in addition to information about the consequences and some predictive factors of binge drinking. A correlational method was used for this purpose, comprised of administering a survey to Compulsory Secondary School, High School and Vocational Training students. Based on a sample of 3,419 Galician adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 14.57; SD = 1.76), the results show that binge drinking is a common and global practice, with few socio-demographic differences but related with a wide range of risk practices. Furthermore, variables such as consumption expectancies, consumption by family and friends, as well as curfew time and allowance money have been identified as interesting predictive factors that should be taken into account at the preventive level.
- Subjects
BINGE drinking; ALCOHOL drinking risk factors; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of alcohol; ALCOHOLIC intoxication; ALCOHOLISM education; PREVENTION
- Publication
Adicciones, 2017, Vol 29, Issue 4, p256
- ISSN
0214-4840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20882/adicciones.932