Alcohol Use Among Students With and Without Hearing Loss.
Autor: | Pinquart, Martin, Pfeiffer, Jens P. |
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HIGH school students
ACADEMIC achievement AGE distribution AGE factors in disease ALCOHOLISM ANALYSIS of variance COMPARATIVE studies CONFIDENCE intervals ALCOHOL drinking HEARING disorders SEX distribution SOCIAL networks LOGISTIC regression analysis DISABILITIES MULTIPLE regression analysis BINGE drinking PREDICTIVE validity CONTROL groups CROSS-sectional method PROPORTIONAL hazards models DESCRIPTIVE statistics ODDS ratio |
Zdroj: | Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education; Jan2015, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p82-90, 9p |
Abstrakt: | We compared alcohol use among adolescents with and without hearing loss. Adolescents with hearing loss reported consuming less alcohol, less binge drinking, fewer episodes of drunkenness, and a higher age at first drunkenness than their hearing peers. Alcohol use did not vary between students who were deaf or hard of hearing or between students with congenital versus acquired hearing loss. Although higher age, male gender, and larger friend networks predicted higher alcohol consumption among adolescents with and without hearing loss, worse grades at school were associated only with alcohol use among hearing students. Lower alcohol use among students with hearing loss when compared with hearing peers was, in part, explained by their lower level of peer-group integration. Although alcohol use is a less serious problem among students with hearing loss, a minority with risky consumption would benefit from interventions aimed at reducing alcohol use. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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