'Tell Me How Much Your Friends Consume'—Personal, Behavioral, Social, and Attitudinal Factors Associated with Alcohol and Cannabis Use among European School Students
Autor: | Feline Engling Cardoso, Christoph Buck, João Matias, Gregor Burkhart, Stefanie M. Helmer, Julian Vicente |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking Alcohol Risk behavior School Prevention Descriptive norms Drunkenness Cannabis use Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject school Psychological intervention lcsh:Medicine 030508 substance abuse Friends Logistic regression Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine prevention Perception Surveys and Questionnaires Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Students media_common Cannabis Variables Schools biology alcohol risk behavior drunkenness lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biology.organism_classification Academic support Europe cannabis use Cross-Sectional Studies Adolescent Behavior Substance use 0305 other medical science Psychology descriptive norms Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(4):1684 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 4 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1684, p 1684 (2021) |
Popis: | Background: Substance use in European adolescents remains a serious health concern. Assessing what affects adolescents’ substance use is crucial for implementing effective prevention. This study aims to examine alcohol and cannabis use-related behavioral, social, and attitudinal variables that might directly be considered to guide prevention responses for adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional data of 78,554 15–16-year-old school students from the 2011 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) from 26 European countries were analyzed. Self-reported drunkenness in the last 30 days and cannabis use in the last 12 months served as dependent variables. To investigate which factors are associated with risky substance use, multivariable logistic regressions were used. Results: 17.7% of respondents reported drunkenness in the last 30 days, and 14.9% used cannabis in the last 12 months. The most important predictor for risky substance use was the perception that most/all of their friends engaged in substance use behavior, followed by lack of parental support, low personal adherence to rules, and low school performance. Conclusion: Interventions addressing the perceived descriptive norms either directly or by changing environmental cues, opportunities, and regulations, as well as effective parenting and academic support may prevent and reduce risky substance use behavior among adolescents. |
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