Collectivity of drinking behavior among adolescents: An analysis of the Norwegian ESPAD data 1995-2011:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Geir ScottBrunborg¹ 

关键词: heavy drinking;    mean consumption;    adolescents;    collectivity;    ESPAD;    Norway;   

DOI  :  10.2478/nsad-2014-0030

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

AimsThe aim of the current study was to test empirically two predictions from Skog's theory of collectivity of drinking behavior, using time series data from Norwegian adolescents. The two specific predictions were: 1) A change in mean alcohol consumption is positively associated with a change in the proportion of heavy drinkers, and 2) A change in mean alcohol consumption is positively associated with a change at all consumption levels.Data & MethodsThe present analyses are based on ESPAD data collected from Norwegian adolescents (15-16 years) in 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. The relationship between mean consumption and the proportion of heavy drinkers was analyzed by regressing the proportions of heavy drinkers at each time point on the consumption means at each time point. In order to assess whether adolescents at all consumption levels, from light to heavy drinkers, changed collectively as mean consumption changed, we regressed log-transformed consumption means on the log-transformed percentile va...

【 授权许可】

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