Alcohol use and misuse: a profile of adolescents from 2018 Italian HBSC data

Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita

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Lorena Charrier¹  2018 HBSC-Italia Group²  Natale Canale³  Paola Dalmasso⁴  Alessio Vieno⁴  Veronica Sciannameo⁵  Alberto Borraccino³  Patrizia Lemma³  Silvia Ciardullo⁶  Paola Berchialla⁷ 

[1] University of Torino;The members of the 2018 HBSC-Italia Group are listed before the References;Dipartimento di Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Università degli Studi di Torino;Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università degli Studi di Padova;Dipartimento di Scienze Cardio-Toraco-Vascolari e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Padova;Istituto Superiore di Sanità;Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università degli Studi di Torino

关键词: adolescent health;    alcohol;    drunkenness;    co-substances use;    risk behaviour;   

DOI  :  10.4415/ANN_20_04_18

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Istituto Superiore di Sanita

【 摘 要 】

Objective. Alcohol remains the most commonly substance used by adolescents.The aim of the study was to draw a comprehensive picture of the behavioural patterns that characterize alcohol use and abuse among 15-year-olds. Materials and methods. The study sample included 18,918 15-year-olds participating in the 2018 Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. A Bayesian approach was adopted for selecting the manifest variables associated with alcohol consumption; a latent class regression model was employed to identify health-related risk patterns associated with alcohol use. Results. 21% of our sample represented the cluster of heavy drinkers who shared other risk behaviours: heavy smoking habits (29%), cannabis (68%), gambling (52%) and drunkenness (76%) experience, binge drinking (96%) and sexual intercourse (51%). Conclusions. Our results confirm multiple risk-taking behaviours among adolescents tending to cluster in behavioural patterns. This has implications for public health policies and must be considered when planning interventions and prevention strategies.

【 授权许可】

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