Theory of Planned Behavior and alcohol use in adolescents in Ecuador. Structural linear regression analysis

IF 2.5 4区医学 Q3 PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY

Alcohol Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI:10.1016/j.alcohol.2024.02.002

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Abstract

The general aim is to identify the explanatory potential of alcohol use intentions in drinking behaviors in a sample of adolescents in Ecuador. The method consists of a descriptive, explanatory, and cross-sectional study using SEM techniques. The participants were 384 adolescents (57% male and 43% female), aged 14–18 years (M = 16.51; SD = 2.64), who are students attending between the 1st and 3rd year of high school in a public educational institution in Ambato, Ecuador. Like principal results, the presence of alcohol use intention is moderate; the practice of alcohol use is low and mostly does not represent a risk, although 3.9% of the participants could report significant problems with consumption. Intentionality and drinking covary positively with low and moderate intensity. Drinking Intentionality explained 15.3% of the variance of drinking. We conclude that the Alcohol Use Intentions are a predictor of adolescent drinking behaviors.

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计划行为理论与厄瓜多尔青少年饮酒情况。结构线性回归分析。

研究的总体目标是确定厄瓜多尔青少年饮酒行为中酒精使用意向的解释潜力。研究方法包括使用 SEM 技术进行描述性、解释性和横截面研究。参与者为 384 名青少年（57% 为男性，43% 为女性），年龄在 14 至 18 岁之间（M= 16.51；SD= 2.64），他们是厄瓜多尔安巴托市一所公立教育机构高中一至三年级的学生。与主要结果一样，酒精使用意向的存在程度适中；酒精使用的实践程度较低，大多不构成风险，但有 3.9%的参与者可能报告了饮酒方面的重大问题。饮酒意向性和饮酒量呈正相关，强度为低度和中度。饮酒意向性解释了 15.3%的饮酒变异。我们的结论是，饮酒意向可以预测青少年的饮酒行为。

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Alcohol 医学-毒理学

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4.60

自引率

4.30%

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审稿时长

15.6 weeks

期刊介绍： Alcohol is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is devoted to publishing multi-disciplinary biomedical research on all aspects of the actions or effects of alcohol on the nervous system or on other organ systems. Emphasis is given to studies into the causes and consequences of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and biomedical aspects of diagnosis, etiology, treatment or prevention of alcohol-related health effects. Intended for both research scientists and practicing clinicians, the journal publishes original research on the neurobiological, neurobehavioral, and pathophysiological processes associated with alcohol drinking, alcohol abuse, alcohol-seeking behavior, tolerance, dependence, withdrawal, protracted abstinence, and relapse. In addition, the journal reports studies on the effects alcohol on brain mechanisms of neuroplasticity over the life span, biological factors associated with adolescent alcohol abuse, pharmacotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of alcoholism, biological and biochemical markers of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, pathological effects of uncontrolled drinking, biomedical and molecular factors in the effects on liver, immune system, and other organ systems, and biomedical aspects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder including mechanisms of damage, diagnosis and early detection, treatment, and prevention. Articles are published from all levels of biomedical inquiry, including the following: molecular and cellular studies of alcohol''s actions in vitro and in vivo; animal model studies of genetic, pharmacological, behavioral, developmental or pathophysiological aspects of alcohol; human studies of genetic, behavioral, cognitive, neuroimaging, or pathological aspects of alcohol drinking; clinical studies of diagnosis (including dual diagnosis), treatment, prevention, and epidemiology. The journal will publish 9 issues per year; the accepted abbreviation for Alcohol for bibliographic citation is Alcohol.