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School matters: Drinking dimensions and their effects on alcohol related problems among Ontario Secondary School Students

Rehm, J; Monga, N; Adlaf, E; Taylor, B; Bondy, S; Fallu, J S (2005). School matters: Drinking dimensions and their effects on alcohol related problems among Ontario Secondary School Students. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 40(6):569-574.

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Aims: To test the hypotheses that average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking, each influence alcohol-related problems and that both act at individual and aggregate levels. Methods: The 2003 cycle of the Ontario Student Drug Use Survey obtained self-administered questionnaires from a representative classroom-based survey of 2455 Ontario secondary school students (grades 9–12) from 74 schools, with a student completion rate of 72%. Average volume of alcohol consumption was assessed using a quantity-frequency measure. Heavy drinking occasions were operationalized by four dummy variables indicating less than monthly, monthly, weekly and daily consumption of five or more drinks per occasion, with never having a heavy drinking occasion serving as the reference group. Alcohol-related problems were measured by using seven items of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Results: As hypothesized, both the average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking influenced alcohol-related problems at the student level, independently of each other. At the school level, both determinants significantly influenced the problems, but not when simultaneously entered into the equation. Conclusions: Future prevention of alcohol-related problems in adolescents should consider both the average volume and patterns of drinking. Both prevention and research should also try to include environmental determination of alcohol-related problems.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Swiss Research Institute for Public Health and Addiction
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Medicine (miscellaneous)
Life Sciences > Toxicology
Health Sciences > Psychiatry and Mental Health
Uncontrolled Keywords:Ontario, Students
Language:English
Date:2005
Deposited On:06 Aug 2014 10:25
Last Modified:11 Nov 2024 02:38
Publisher:Oxford University Press
ISSN:0735-0414
OA Status:Closed
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agh212

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