<br /><br /> SÃO OS ADOLESCENTES CONSUMIDORES HABITUAIS DE BEBIDAS ALCOÓLICAS? <br /> TEENAGERS ARE REGULAR CONSUMERS OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS?

Abstract

Objective: Know the pattern of alcohol consumption in students of a public school in Alentejo. Methods: Descriptive, exploratory study with a quantitative approach. The population is composed of students from a group of schools in Alentejo attending the 7th grade in 2012 and two years later in the 9th grade. It was used Scale Alcohol Involvement Scale for Adolescents. Results: In 2012 the questionnaire was applied to 52 students of the 7th grade, with an average of 12 years old. The most of them do not drink alcohol and those who drank were mainly boys. They drank once or twice a year, most often beer, at night, whit their parents and friends. They say that drink doesn't cause any problems and they can control and impose themselves limits. In 2014 on 9th grade, answer 47 students, with an average of 15 years old. The most of them drink alcohol, equivalent boys and girls. Essentially they drink