Average Volume of Alcohol Consumption, Drinking Patterns and Related Burden of Mortality in Young People in Established Market Economies of Europe

This article investigates young people’s weekly drinking patterns during late adolescence and young adulthood. The article builds a disaggregated and temporal framework to explain how young people drink on certain days. Using sequence analysis techniques on longitudinal data from a representative Danish survey, the article identifies four drinking patterns (the majority, the weekend drinkers, the weekend bingers and the heavy drinkers). Analyses of the transitions between the drinking patterns reveal non-linear developments where heavy drinking at an early age does not necessarily lead to heavy drinking later in life. Although parental income and education are important factors to explain whether young people begin to drink at an early age, high levels of alcohol consumption during youth is more associated with influenced from peers and partners.

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Risk Behaviours for Traffic Accidents in 18-20 Years Young People Travelling with Drunk Driver of Timis County, Romania

Revista de Chimie ◽

10.37358/rc.18.3.6179 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 703-706

Author(s):

Cristina Pantea ◽

Razvan Horhat ◽

Salomeia Putnoky ◽

Oana Suciu ◽

Ioana Tuta Sas ◽

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Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Young People ◽

Binge Drinking ◽

Population Study ◽

Traffic Accidents ◽

Study Group ◽

Risk Behaviours ◽

Alcohol And Drugs ◽

Young Subjects ◽

Drunk Driver

The present research aimed to assess some predictors for experiencing traveling in a car with a driver who has consumed alcohol, in a group of young people, aged between 18 and 20 years, residents of Timis County, Romania. The study group of 1606 young subjects, 18-20 years of age, 51.4% pupils and 48.6% students, with girls being significantly better represented, was applied a transversal population study. Percents of 29.8% of boys and 28.4% of girls got 1-3 times in a car with a drunk driver, and 10.1% of boys and 6.5% of girls traveled in such circumstances more than 4 times. Boys tend to accept the risks of traveling in a car with a drunk driver significantly more frequently than girls. We identified some predictors for traveling with a driver who has consumed alcohol, such as the binge drinking model and the model of mixed alcohol and drugs consumption, the practice of alcohol consumption associated with vehicle driving by the father, as well as by friends.

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What Motivates Young People to Attend Music Festivals and What Role Do Peer Pressure and Alcohol Consumption Play in Attendance?

Journal of Hospitality Application and Research ◽

10.21863/johar/2015.10.1.003 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kerryn Gill ◽

Claudia Ollenburg ◽

Robert Nash

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Young People ◽

Peer Pressure ◽

Music Festivals

Australia is host to over 350 music festivals every year however, it has become apparent that very little work has been done to determine why young people choose to consume large amounts of alcohol at these events and in turn, what role peer pressure plays in their decisions. This study adds to research, investigating the motivations of those who attend music festivals, as well as exploring how peer pressure impacts young peoples choice to attend and consume alcohol. Data was collected from students attending four Queensland Universities and identifies the importance of alcohol consumption to attendees. This study both substantiates previous research, as well as support academic theories.

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Changes in the Use of Drugs, Tobacco, and Alcohol among Norwegian Youth from 1968 – 1979

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/002204268001000402 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 405-420 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Olav Irgens-Jensen ◽

Mons George Rud

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Young People ◽

Policy Making ◽

Point Of View ◽

The Way

In order to provide information on the way in which use of drugs - and of alcohol and tobacco -among young people changes over a period of time, the Norwegian National Institute for Alcohol Research has each spring, since 1968, conducted a survey of the youth of Oslo to determine their use of these drugs. The results are of significance not only from a scientific point of view but also from the point of view of practical policy-making. For instance, since 1974 there does not seem to have been any increase in alcohol consumption among the youth of Oslo, a fact which may reflect the measures which were introduced at that time in order to curb alcohol consumption among young people in Norway.

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Reward-Related Attentional Capture Moderates the Association between Fear-Driven Motives and Heavy Drinking

European Addiction Research ◽

10.1159/000513470 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Chang Liu ◽

Murat Yücel ◽

Chao Suo ◽

Mike E. Le Pelley ◽

Jeggan Tiego ◽

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Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Attentional Capture ◽

Heavy Drinking ◽

Drinking Motives ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Cognitive Mechanisms ◽

Problematic Drinking ◽

The Past ◽

Motivational Profile

Background: To date, there has been little investigation on how motivational and cognitive mechanisms interact to influence problematic drinking behaviours. Towards this aim, the current study examined whether reward-related attentional capture is associated with reward, fear (relief), and habit drinking motives, and further, whether it interacts with these motives in relation to problematic drinking patterns. Methods: Ninety participants (mean age = 34.8 years, SD = 9.1, 54% male) who reported having consumed alcohol in the past month completed an online visual search task that measured reward-related attentional capture as well as the Habit Reward Fear Scale, a measure of drinking motives. Participants also completed measures of psychological distress, impulsivity, compulsive drinking, and consumption items of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Regression analyses examined the associations between motives for alcohol consumption and reward-related attentional capture, as well as the associations between reward-related attentional capture, motives, and their interaction, with alcohol consumption and problems. Results: Greater reward-related attentional capture was associated with greater reward motives. Further, reward-related attentional capture also interacted with fear motives in relation to alcohol consumption. Follow-up analyses showed that this interaction was driven by greater fear motives being associated with heavier drinking among those with lower reward-related attentional capture (i.e., “goal-trackers”). Conclusion: These findings have implications for understanding how cognition may interact with motives in association with problematic drinking. Specifically, the findings highlight different potential pathways to problematic drinking according to an individual’s cognitive-motivational profile and may inform tailored interventions to target profile-specific mechanisms. Finally, these findings offer support for contemporary models of addiction that view excessive goal-directed behaviour under negative affect as a critical contributor to addictive behaviours.

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The relationship of average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking to burden of disease: an overview

Addiction ◽

10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00467.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 98 (9) ◽

pp. 1209-1228 ◽

Cited By ~ 594

Author(s):

Jürgen Rehm ◽

Robin Room ◽

Kathryn Graham ◽

Maristela Monteiro ◽

Gerhard Gmel ◽

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Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Burden Of Disease ◽

Average Volume ◽

Patterns Of Drinking ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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Life events, drinking patterns and depressive symptomatology; the stress-buffering role of alcohol consumption.

Journal of Studies on Alcohol ◽

10.15288/jsa.1982.43.301 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 43 (3) ◽

pp. 301-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 48

Author(s):

J A Neff ◽

B A Husaini

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Life Events ◽

Depressive Symptomatology ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Stress Buffering

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Nordic, Italian, and German Drinking Habits: A Comparison between Surveys Made since the 1980s

Nordisk Alkoholtisdkrift (Nordic Alcohol Studies) ◽

10.1177/145507259501201s12 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 12 (1_suppl) ◽

pp. 14-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sari Hanhinen

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Adult Population ◽

Heavy Drinking ◽

Nordic Countries ◽

European Countries ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Central European ◽

Four Dimensions ◽

Drinking Habits ◽

Drinking Frequency

This article compares Nordic drinking habit surveys and their results — a comparison previously done in 1988. It includes all the main surveys regarding drinking habits of the adult population in the Nordic countries since 1988. In addition the analysis takes in Italy and Germany. Drinking habits are described and compared on four dimensions: the share of abstainers and drinkers, overall drinking frequency, the volume of alcohol consumption, and heavy drinking and drinking for intoxication. The study highlights the difficulties inherent in the international comparison of drinking habits. The results indicate that even though the changes in beverage preferences imply a homogenization of drinking patterns, the homogenization hypothesis proves to be wrong when comparing the results concerning the shares of abstainers, drinking frequencies or distribution of alcohol consumption between women and men. Denmark still differs from the rest of the Nordic countries in these respects, being closer to central European countries like Germany. In the other Nordic countries traditional drinking patterns seem to persist despite the changes in beverage preferences. Closest to Denmark and central European countries stands Finland, where drinking frequency has been rising and where more alcohol is consumed than in Sweden, Norway and Iceland. Looking at the previous comparison of Nordic drinking habits, it can be concluded that drinking habits are very open to changes.

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