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- Title
Age and gender differences in the predictors of adolescent drinking.
- Authors
Barber, James G.; Bolitho, Floyd; Bertrand, Lorne D.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study that determined the age and gender differences in the predictors of adolescent drinking. For the study reported in the article 1,942 junior and senior high school students from the Canadian province of Alberta completed a self-report survey instrument containing measures of alcohol consumption and selected intrapersonal, peer pressure, and family functioning variables. Results revealed significant age and gender differences in the best predictors of alcohol consumption across the sample. The dominant predictor of young adolescent boys drinking was whether their friends drink, whereas girls' drinking was more strongly related to levels of intrapersonal disorder. Among older adolescent girls peer pressure was a more important predictor of drinking. But for boys peer pressure remained highly significant throughout adolescence. Results of the study highlight the need to consider age and gender differences when designing alcohol prevention programs for adolescents and the need to adhere to social work's dual focus on person and environment.
- Subjects
ALBERTA; ALCOHOL drinking; SEX differences (Biology); PEER pressure; AGE differences; AGE groups
- Publication
Social Work Research, 1998, Vol 22, Issue 3, p164
- ISSN
1070-5309
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/swr/22.3.164