Alcohol consumption in early adolescence: Associations with sociodemographic and psychosocial factors according to gender.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Early alcohol consumption can irreversible damage the adolescents' brain and may affect their quality of life. In order to better prevent such a deleterious behaviour, knowing its determinants is needed. So far, only few studies among adolescents aged <15 years exist, of which the majority failed to include gender differences. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether gender differences in the association between alcohol use and sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics among 10-14-year olds exist.

Methods

Data came from the 2018 Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study conducted in French-speaking schools of Belgium. The sample analysed here comprised 4,364 10-14-year olds from the Walloon Region. Associations of the recen

SUBMITTER: Pedroni C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810307 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature