Alcohol Use and Self-Esteem of Adolescents

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne R. Mitic
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Potential Problem ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Problem Drinkers ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Alcohol Education ◽  
Building Activities

The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of self-esteem among a group of adolescents and its relationship to their drinking behavior. A total of 411 students, ranging from age twelve to eighteen completed questionnaires on drinking behavior, a problem drinking scale and the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. The results revealed that regular users possessed significantly higher mean scores in overall self-esteem as compared to all other drinking categories. Potential problem drinkers obtained significantly lower scores in academic self-esteem when compared to all other drinking categories. Mean scores in peer self-esteem were significantly higher in regular and potential problem drinkers as compared to abstainers and occasional drinkers. These observations suggested that educators should consider self-esteem building activities when devising and incorporating alcohol education programs directed at the teenage population.

Alcohol Expectancies in Relation to Personality and Aggression among Juvenile Delinquents in Northern Russia

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-130
Author(s):  
Roman A. Koposov ◽  
Vladislav V. Ruchkin ◽  
Martin Eisemann ◽  
Pavel I. Sidorov
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Alcohol Expectancies ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Alcohol Prevention ◽  
Northern Russia ◽  
High Level ◽  
Alcohol Related Problems

The relationships between alcohol expectancies, level of alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, aggression, and personality factors in 198 Russian male juvenile delinquents were assessed. A clustering procedure was used in order to establish main patterns of alcohol expectancies, yielding three major clusters. Level of alcohol use, alcohol-related problems, aggression, and personality factors were compared across the identified clusters. It was established that juvenile delinquents with a high level of positive alcohol expectancies and aggression represented a risk-group for higher involvement in drinking behavior as well as problem drinking, which in turn are related to specific personality traits. Implications of these findings for alcohol prevention among the youth are discussed.

Abstract 13745: Hazardous Alcohol Use is a Common but Infrequently Addressed Problem Among Hospitalized Cardiovascular Patients

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Gobeil ◽  
Theodore Medling ◽  
Paolo Tarvaez ◽  
khalid sawalha ◽  
Mohammed Abozenah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Hazardous Drinking ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol Use ◽  
Hazardous Alcohol ◽  
Audit Score ◽  
National Estimates ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

Introduction: Excessive alcohol intake and binge drinking behavior has known detrimental cardiovascular impacts. National estimates suggest that about 7% of U.S. adults has hazardous drinking behavior, but it is unclear if this is different among the inpatient cardiac population and, furthermore, how often this issue is addressed during hospitalization. Hypothesis: Prevalence of alcohol use is underappreciated in the cardiac population due to purported health benefits, and therefore, likely to be overlooked. Methods: Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), among patients hospitalized for cardiac surgery, heart failure (HF) or myocardial infarction (MI) between June and September 2019. Problem drinking was defined as an AUDIT score of ≥8 with binge drinking defined as 5+ drinks for men or 4+ for women on a single occasion within the past 30 days. Hazardous drinking was defined as a combination of either problem or binge drinking behavior. Results: Of 300 patients approached, a total of 290 (96.7%) completed the survey (33% non-drinkers, age 69 ± 11 years, 70% male, 4% Spanish-speaking, 31% surgical). The rate (95% CI) of problem, binge, and hazardous drinking was 12% (9-16), 16% (12-20), and 18% (14-23), respectively. Irrespective of alcohol use, 58% of patients reported being asked about alcohol use during their admission, mostly by nurses (56%). Patients with hazardous drinking were counseled more frequently about their alcohol use compared to non-hazardous drinkers, (11% vs 3%, p = 0.03), but the large majority (89%) of hazardous drinkers received no advice about their alcohol use while hospitalized and only 34 (12%) patients reported having ever been given a recommendation about alcohol consumption by a cardiologist or cardiac surgeon. Conclusions: In patients hospitalized for acute cardiac illnesses, the prevalence of problem drinking was more than double national estimates. About half of patients with problem drinking behavior were asked about their alcohol, and only a minority of patients received counseling. Our findings suggest that hazardous alcohol use is more common that previously appreciated, and that there are substantial health-system gaps in screening and counseling for this important cardiovascular risk factor.

A Short- and Long-Term Evaluation of Here's Looking at You Alcohol Education Program

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sehwan Kim
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Knowledge Gain ◽  
Alcohol Education ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Related Attitude ◽  
Short And Long Term

This study reports short- and long-term outcome evaluation results of an alcohol education prevention program entitled “Here's Looking at You (HLAY)” as implemented by one of the largest school districts in the nation during 1982–1987. Since the adoption of this program as a demonstration project by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the program has become one of the most widely known alcohol education or prevention programs in the nation. In 1982, the program was adopted by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) and has been under continuous replication. On the basis of the most recent replication of the HLAY during the spring semester 1987 and on the basis of the CMS system-wide student drug survey in 1986, the program has been evaluated using the following criterion variables: knowledge gain; three subdimensions on the general attitude about alcohol, i.e., undifferentiated-primitive attitude, reward-associated attitude, and health-related attitude; intentions about future alcohol use; and the actual drinking behavior. On a short-term basis, 1) there has been a knowledge gain about alcohol and alcoholism on the part of the HLAY recipients between the pre and post tests of the Alcohol Education Evaluation Instrument (AEEI). However, this gain in the HLAY group was less than the knowledge gain observed among control group student; 2) in comparison to the students in the control group, there has been a positive attitudinal net gain among the HLAY recipients along the undifferentiated-primitive attitude about alcohol; 3) however, the HLAY was not able to impact upon the reward-associated attitude, health-related attitude, the intentions about future alcohol use, and the actual drinking behavior. On a long-term basis, the actual alcohol drinking pattern of the HLAY recipients was indistinguishable from those students who had not been exposed to the program.

Alcohol Education Programs and Minority Youth

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Globetti
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Minority Youth ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Alcohol Education ◽  
Alcohol Abuse Prevention ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Prevention Activity ◽  
Existing Data

Research relative to the drinking behavior of minority youth, as well as alcohol-abuse prevention programs for these youth, have been largely neglected. Moreover, the existing data on both of these subjects are limited in that they either treat minority youth as a homogeneous entity or apply a white middle-class curriculum to prevention activity. This paper examines several alcohol-education protocols within schools and how these strategies present unique problems to prevention programs for minority youth. Curricula derived from the developmental and the socio-cultural models appear most applicable to minorities.

scholarly journals Problem Drinking Predicts Functional Health and Mortality Risk 10 Years Later in the MIDUS Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 404-404
Author(s):  
Sara Miller ◽  
David Almeida ◽  
Jennifer Maggs
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Functional Health ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Older Adulthood ◽  
Drinking Behaviors

Abstract The current study examined whether problem drinking in older adulthood is associated with greater longitudinal risk of functional impairment and mortality through 2016. Problem drinking consists of patterns of alcohol use resulting in symptoms of alcohol dependence or health and social consequences. Participants were adults (n=2654, 56.1% female) from Wave 2 (mean age=55, range=30-84) and Wave 3 (mean age=64, range=39-93) of the Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) Study. Participants reported problem drinking behaviors (e.g., alcohol related role interference) and any disability in basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL, iADL). Mortality data was acquired from the 2016 MIDUS Mortality dataset. Results indicated that 20.7% of the sample reported at least one problem drinking behavior in the past year. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that the sum of problematic drinking behaviors at Wave 2 predicted 10-year longitudinal change in impairments in ADL’s (b=0.05, p<0.01) and iADL’s (b=0.05, p<0.01) after controlling for age, education, gender, and previous ADL/iADL. Logistic regression results revealed that for every additional alcohol use problem reported at MIDUS 2, the odds of mortality increased by 1.74 (b=0.55, p<0.01), beyond controls for age and number of chronic conditions. The findings that problem drinking has a unique positive association with impaired functioning and mortality risk during older adulthood supports public health efforts to encourage reduced consumption, increased medical screening, and expanded treatment options.

scholarly journals Alcohol Marketing, Drunkenness, and Problem Drinking among Zambian Youth: Findings from the 2004 Global School-Based Student Health Survey

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica H. Swahn ◽  
Bina Ali ◽  
Jane B. Palmier ◽  
George Sikazwe ◽  
John Mayeya
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Health Survey ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Student Health ◽  
Alcohol Education ◽  
Vulnerable Youth ◽  
School Based ◽  
Alcohol Marketing ◽  
Company Representative

This study examines the associations between alcohol marketing strategies, alcohol education including knowledge about dangers of alcohol and refusal of alcohol, and drinking prevalence, problem drinking, and drunkenness. Analyses are based on the Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) conducted in Zambia (2004) of students primarily 11 to 16 years of age (). Four statistical models were computed to test the associations between alcohol marketing and education and alcohol use, while controlling for possible confounding factors. Alcohol marketing, specifically through providing free alcohol through a company representative, was associated with drunkenness (AOR = 1.49; 95% CI: 1.09–2.02) and problem drinking (AOR = 1.41; 95% CI: 1.06–1.87) among youth after controlling for demographic characteristics, risky behaviors, and alcohol education. However, alcohol education was not associated with drunkenness or problem drinking. These findings underscore the importance of restricting alcohol marketing practices as an important policy strategy for reducing alcohol use and its dire consequences among vulnerable youth.

scholarly journals Childhood ADHD Potentiates the Association Between Problematic Drinking and Intimate Partner Violence

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 997-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian T. Wymbs ◽  
Christine A. P. Walther ◽  
JeeWon Cheong ◽  
Katherine A. Belendiuk ◽  
Sarah L. Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Heavy Episodic Drinking ◽  
Problem Drinkers ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Problematic Drinking ◽  
Childhood Adhd

Objective: Excessive alcohol consumption increases risk of perpetrating intimate partner violence (IPV). ADHD is associated with problematic drinking and IPV, but it is unclear whether problem drinkers with ADHD are more likely than those without ADHD to perpetrate IPV. Method: We compared the strength of association between problem drinking trajectories and IPV perpetration among 19- to 24-year-old men with ( n = 241) and without ( n = 180) childhood ADHD. Results: Men with ADHD who reported higher heavy episodic drinking or alcohol use problems at age 19, and slower decreases in alcohol use problems from age 19 to 24, were more likely to perpetrate IPV than problem drinkers without ADHD, among whom the same associations were non-significant. Associations between problem drinking and IPV were not attenuated in adults with ADHD upon controlling for antisocial personality disorder. Conclusion: Study findings highlight the heightened risk of problem drinkers with ADHD perpetrating IPV.

scholarly journals The Neural Processes Interlinking Social Isolation, Social Support, and Problem Alcohol Use

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thang M Le ◽  
Wuyi Wang ◽  
Simon Zhornitsky ◽  
Isha Dhingra ◽  
Yu Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Alcohol Misuse ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Subjective Feeling ◽  
Imaging Data ◽  
Problem Drinkers ◽  
Socially Isolated

Abstract Background Subjective feeling of social isolation, as can be measured by perceived burdensomeness (PB), is a major risk factor for alcohol misuse. Heightened PB is associated with elevated stress response and diminished cognitive control, both of which contribute to problem drinking. Here, we sought to identify the neural substrates underlying the relationship between PB and alcohol misuse. Methods We employed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data collected from 61 problem drinkers to characterize the functional connectivity of the hypothalamus and ventral striatum (VS) in relation to PB. We specifically examined whether the connectivities of the hypothalamus and VS were differentially influenced by PB to produce contrasting effects on alcohol use. Finally, we evaluated how individual differences in social support modulate the inter-relationships of social isolation, neural connectivity, and the severity of problem drinking. Results Whole-brain multiple regressions show a positive relationship between PB and hypothalamic connectivity with the hippocampus and an inverse pattern for VS connectivity with the middle frontal gyrus. Difference in strength between the 2 connectivities predicted the severity of problem drinking, suggesting an imbalance involving elevated hypothalamic and diminished prefrontal cortical modulation in socially isolated problem drinkers. A path analysis further revealed that the lack of social support was associated with a bias toward low prefrontal connectivity, which in turn increased PB and facilitated problem drinking. Conclusions Altered hypothalamus and VS connectivity may underlie problem drinking induced by social isolation. The current findings also highlight the important role of social support as a potential protective factor against alcohol misuse.

scholarly journals The Prevalence and Context of Alcohol Use, Problem Drinking and Alcohol-Related Harm among Youth Living in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 2451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica H. Swahn ◽  
Rachel Culbreth ◽  
Laura F. Salazar ◽  
Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye ◽  
David H. Jernigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Alcohol Prevention ◽  
Problem Drinkers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Past ◽  
Alcohol Related Harm ◽  
Related Harm

Background. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the prevalence and context of alcohol use, problem drinking and alcohol-related harm among boys and girls in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Methods. The Kampala Youth Survey is a cross-sectional study conducted in 2014 among youth (ages 12–18 years) living in the slums of Kampala (n = 1133) who were participating in Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) centers. Chi-square tests were used to determine differences in alcohol use behaviors between 1) gender (boys vs. girls), and 2) alcohol use behaviors between problem drinkers and non-problem drinkers, stratified by gender. Results. Among all participants (n = 1133), the prevalence of any alcohol use in the past 12 months was 31% (n = 346). A higher percentage of girl drinkers reported having sex in the past month, without a condom (57.9%) due to alcohol consumption, compared to boy drinkers (41.9%) (   χ 2 = 8.09, df = 1, p = 0.005). For girl and boy drinkers, nearly half (49.5% and 44.1%, respectively) met the criteria for problem drinkers, measured using the Cut-Annoyed-Guilty-Eye-Opener (CAGE) questionnaire. Conclusions. The high prevalence of alcohol use and problem drinking among youth, as well as alcohol-related harm, warrant urgent alcohol prevention and intervention strategies, particularly among these underserved girls.

scholarly journals Alcohol Exposures, Alcohol Marketing, and Their Associations with Problem Drinking and Drunkenness among Youth Living in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica H. Swahn ◽  
Jane B. Palmier ◽  
Rogers Kasirye
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Street Youth ◽  
Alcohol Education ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Alcohol Marketing ◽  
The Impact

This study determined the associations between alcohol use exposures, marketing, education, and problem drinking and drunkenness among youth living in the slums of Kampala. This cross-sectional study of youth was conducted in 2011 to quantify and describe high-risk behavior and exposures in a convenience sample (N=457) of urban youth living in the slums, 14–24 years of age, who were participating in a drop-in center for disadvantaged street youth. Logistic regression analyses were computed to determine associations between alcohol use exposures, marketing exposures, alcohol education, and problem drinking and drunkenness while controlling for possible confounders. Among participants, 30.2% reported problem drinking and 32.8% reported drunkenness. In multivariate analyses, obtaining free drinks was associated with problem drinking (AOR: 2.47; 95% CI =  1.23–4.96) and drunkenness (AOR: 2.40; 95% CI = 1.22–4.70) after controlling for potential confounders. Alcohol education measures were not significantly associated with either problem drinking or drunkenness in multivariate analyses. There are important associations between alcohol marketing and drinking among these youth. Moreover, the findings underscore the need for additional research related to the impact of alcohol marketing among vulnerable youth and also the need for policy regulations that restrict alcohol marketing that involve providing free alcohol directly to youth.

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