Abstract
The overall purpose of this study was to explore the alcohol consumption patterns of adolescents by beverage type. A total of 705 primarily 9th grade students were recruited to participate in this study in the spring of 2002. Alcoholic beverage use differed significantly across gender and ethnicity on a number of beverage-specific drinking measures, including initiation, quantity and frequency, binge drinking, chugging, and alcohol problems (p' s<.05). Stepwise discriminant analyses indicated that drug use and social beliefs were notably important in discriminating adolescent drinkers from non-drinkers of specific alcoholic beverages. This study's results indicate the need for testing interventions tailored to alcohol consumption patterns including beverage type.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 45-62 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Alcohol beverage
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Prevention
- Risk and protective factor
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Education
- Psychology(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
