Drinking Motives Among 15–16-Year-Old School-Going Students in 16 European Countries

IF 5.5 2区医学 Q1 PEDIATRICS

Journal of Adolescent Health Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.12.009

Louise Pigeaud M.D., M.Sc. , Ingeborg Rossow Ph.D. , Karin Monshouwer Ph.D. , Nico van der Lely Ph.D.

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Abstract

Purpose

Investigating drinking motives among minors across various countries is crucial for understanding the broader social context of alcohol consumption. Thus, this study aimed to examine the differences and similarities in drinking motives among 15–16-year-old adolescents who consume alcohol across 16 European countries.

Methods

The data were obtained from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs database. The analysis focused on 15–16-year-old school-going students across 16 European countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, and Spain). The students were presented with a series of questions pertaining to drinking motives, aimed at elucidating the reasons behind their alcohol consumption within the past 12 months.

Results

A total of 52,141 students participated, with 75.2% reporting lifetime alcohol consumption and 65.8% reporting alcohol consumption in the past year. Among those who drank in the past year (n = 34,295), 3 distinct drinking motive factor groups were identified: enhancement and social motives, coping motives, and conformity motives. Enhancement and social motives were most prevalent across all countries, followed by coping motives, with conformity motives less common.

Discussion

This largest drinking motive study, conducted to date, examined drinking motives among 15–16-year-old students across 16 European countries. There is a significant positive correlation between alcohol intoxication prevalence and mean score on enhancement and social motives at an aggregate level, which suggests a stronger presence of enhancement and social motives in cultures with a more intoxication-oriented drinking pattern.

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16个欧洲国家15-16岁学龄学生饮酒动机调查

目的：调查不同国家未成年人的饮酒动机对于了解酒精消费的更广泛的社会背景至关重要。因此，本研究旨在研究16个欧洲国家15-16岁青少年饮酒动机的异同。方法：数据来源于欧洲学校酒精和其他药物调查项目数据库。分析的重点是16个欧洲国家（丹麦、爱沙尼亚、芬兰、德国、希腊、冰岛、意大利、拉脱维亚、立陶宛、荷兰、挪威、波兰、葡萄牙、罗马尼亚、瑞典和西班牙）15-16岁的在校学生。研究人员向学生们提出了一系列与饮酒动机有关的问题，旨在阐明他们在过去12个月内饮酒的原因。结果：共有52141名学生参与，其中75.2%报告终生饮酒，65.8%报告过去一年饮酒。在过去一年的饮酒者中（n = 34,295），确定了3种不同的饮酒动机因素组：增强和社会动机、应对动机和从众动机。在所有国家中，自我提升动机和社会动机最为普遍，其次是应对动机，从众动机不太常见。讨论：这项迄今为止规模最大的饮酒动机研究调查了16个欧洲国家15-16岁学生的饮酒动机。在总体水平上，酒精中毒患病率与增强和社会动机的平均得分之间存在显著的正相关，这表明在以醉酒为导向的饮酒模式的文化中，增强和社会动机的存在更强。

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Journal of Adolescent Health 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

CiteScore

10.40

自引率

3.90%

发文量

526

审稿时长

46 days

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