Factors Associated with Alcohol Consumption among Adolescents in Selected Secondary Schools in a Local Government Area of Oyo State, Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

Alcohol use during adolescence and young adulthood remain a prominent public health problem. This study identifies factors associated with alcohol consumption among adolescents in selected secondary schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Southwest, Nigeria. A cross-sectional descriptive study was used. One hundred and seventy-six (176) respondents were consecutively selected using the random technique. Data were analyzed using chi-square and hypotheses tested at a 5% level of significance. Findings revealed that the majority of the respondents had poor knowledge of alcohol consumption, while (36.4%) of the respondents had consumed alcoholic beverages. Over half (54.5%) engaged in drinking alcohol as a result of peer influence. The majority (70%) of them had good knowledge of factors influencing alcohol consumption and factors influencing consumption among the respondents. Thus, the rate of alcohol consumption among adolescents was low (36.4%) as a larger percentage (64.6%) of them did not consume alcohol owing to their knowledge of the effect and the presence of some protective factors within the environment. In conclusion, alcohol consumption among adolescents was low, knowledge of its consumption was high, and it was associated with its actual consumption. Alcohol use is also associated with peer influence and environmental variables, while age and gender did not have any relationship with alcohol consumption. Therefore, educational intervention to improve knowledge of the consequences of alcohol consumption among adolescents and public policies with preventive educational campaigns was recommended.

Peer Group Influence, Teacher-Student Interaction, and Indiscipline as Predictors of Students' Dropout Tendency in an Evening Continuing Education Programme

“…In the early stages, youths try to establish their independence from their parents to new existence patterns, an increase of unruly individuals epitomised by drug dependency, alcoholism, wild cat, and carefree sex behaviours (Aduma et al, 2022;Akah et al, 2022). Previous research has assessed peer influence on variables such as academic performance (Abdulrahman, 2020;Afolabi, 2019;Sarkar et al, 2022), school library use (Olaleru & Owolabi, 2021), substance use (Muhia, 2021;Olaniyi & Jimoh, 2021), bullying trends (Doehne et al, 2018;Ngelu & Wambua, 2020), truancy (Obiunu & Ozuri, 2018) and teenage pregnancy (Kukundakwe, 2021) among students. Nevertheless, much research has not been paid to peer influence on students' dropout tendencies, a gap addressed by the present study.…”

Imagen corporal y su relación con el consumo de alcohol en adolescentes

“…De la misma manera, una investigación realizada en Etiopia con participantes de 15 a 24 años de edad, manifiestan que el consumo de alcohol es común en los estudiantes, puesto que cuyos resultados mencionan que el 1,23% empezó su consumo cuando eran menores a 15 años, el 74,07% empezaron cuando tenían de 15 a 19 años de edad y el 24,69% comenzaron a consumir alcohol entre los 20 a 24 años(Shibiru et al, 2023).Otro factor que conduce al consumo de alcohol, es que brinda consuelo frente a emociones negativas, es decir, bajo los efectos de esta sustancia tienden a crear comodidad, sentirse mejor, reducir emociones negativas, resolver problemas, además demuestra que el consumir alcohol es una elección por parte de los jóvenes como un medio para integrarse en grupos y ser reconocidos por sus pares(Sandi et al, 2021). De la misma manera, la investigación con adolescentes indonesios, muestran resultados que otro componte que influye al consumo de alcohol en los adolescentes, es la falta de atención por las figuras paternas, demostrando así que adolescentes entre 11 a 14 años tenían más probabilidad de consumir alcohol con un porcentaje del 67,7 % y 23,3%(Prasetyo et al, 2022).Además, un estudio descriptivo transversal, en sus resultados manifestaron que el 64,6% no consumen alcohol debido al conocimiento sobre el mismo y el 36,4% restante consumieron alcohol por influencia del entorno que los rodea(Olaniyi & Jimoh, 2021). De igual modo, otro estudio, revelo que alrededor del 75% de su muestra manifestó haber consumido bebidas alcohólicas, el 36% menciona que su primer consumo fue entre los 14 y 15 años y 30 días previos a la encuesta, un 54% de ellos consumieron una o dos dosis de alcohol, por tanto, la prevalencia del consumo normal y excesivo fue alta en un 17%(Freitas et al, 2021).…”