Ethiopian youth in Israel: Gender-related alcohol use and related problem behaviour

Autor:	Adam Laytin, Alexander Reznik, Richard Isralowitz, Svetlana Shpiegel
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Health (social science) Problem behaviour media_common.quotation_subject Judaism Immigration Medicine (miscellaneous) medicine.disease Developmental psychology Substance abuse Unemployment Juvenile delinquency medicine Psychology Socioeconomic status Prejudice (legal term) media_common
Zdroj:	Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 16:273-278
ISSN:	1465-3370 0968-7637
DOI:	10.1080/09687630701869211
Popis:	Jewish people from Ethiopia have been immigrating to Israel since 1973. Difficulties with language, unemployment; low socioeconomic status and prejudice have been common place and linked to problem behaviour including school drop out, delinquency and drug abuse among Ethiopian youth. This research examines the patterns of alcohol use and related problem behaviour among male and female Ethiopian youth participating in after-school programs and youth centres. For all alcohol substances (i.e., beer, wine and liquor such as vodka and whiskey), boys were significantly more inclined to drink than girls. The patterns of alcohol use among Ethiopian youth tend to be more similar to those of high-risk youth placed in alternative schools because of learning difficulties and/or behavioural problems than those of other high-school-age youth in the country. Their alcohol use and related problem behaviour, especially driving a car or motorcycle after drinking or being a passenger in a car or on a motorcycle when the dri...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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