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Adolescent views on risky and illegal alcohol use
Author(s) -
WILKS JEFFREY
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239200185611
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , psychology , alcohol , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , contrast (vision) , young adult , suicide prevention , demography , poison control , developmental psychology , social psychology , environmental health , medicine , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry
A sample of 1154 adolescents from central Queensland indicated their agreement or disagreement with 28 reasons why young people drink alcohol in ways that are risky or illegal. As predicted, agreement varied across the three age groups sampled, with younger respondents being most likely to agree with drinking reasons. In contrast, very few sex differences emerged in the study. This suggests that young males and females share some common views about situations related to problematic alcohol consumption, and that age differences may be the more important factor in the development of alcohol education messages.