The Social Contexts of Underage Drinking

Honess, Terry; Seymour, Louise; Webster, Russell

doi:10.1037/e667812007-001

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“…Forty-two per cent of 14-year-olds reported ever feeling very drunk, compared to between 71% and 76% of other ages (w 2 = 29.7, p = 5 0.001). This indicates that the increased experience of becoming very drunk is most notable between ages 14 -15, and is comparable with shifts towards the increased use of alcohol reported elsewhere [5,6]. Of those reporting ever feeling very drunk, approximately one-quarter (24%) became very drunk 'at least once a week', and a further quarter (27%) reported 'once or twice a month'.…”

Section: Experience and Frequency Of Excessive Single-session Drinkingsupporting

confidence: 78%

Fourteen to 17‐year‐olds' experience of ‘risky’ drinking—a cross‐sectional survey undertaken in south‐east England

Coleman

Cater

2004

Drug and Alcohol Review

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In the UK, young people's alcohol consumption is considered an important social and health problem, and is the focus of government strategy and intervention. There is widespread concern that many young people are drinking in a 'risky' way. That is, they are often drinking large amounts of alcohol in a single session, in unsupervised locations. This small-scale, quantitative study used a shortened adaptation of the Adolescent Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (AEQ) to examine 14-17-year-olds' experience of 'risky' drinking. The results suggest that a major transition towards first ever drunkenness occurs between the ages of 14 and 15. Young people of this age are more likely to be getting very drunk in unsupervised, and potentially more harmful, locations. It is suggested that using this questionnaire could offer the potential to obtain a rapid and reliable indication of young people's propensity towards possible alcohol-related harm.

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Section: Experience and Frequency Of Excessive Single-session Drinkingsupporting

confidence: 78%

Fourteen to 17‐year‐olds' experience of ‘risky’ drinking—a cross‐sectional survey undertaken in south‐east England

Coleman

Cater

2004

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…The empirical work and literature reviews of Horness et al (2000) and Newburn & Shiner (2001) provide similar conclusions. Although providing classification by age and extent of use (something which this paper would avoid) these accounts also touch on 'knowing the limits' (ibid.).…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Although providing classification by age and extent of use (something which this paper would avoid) these accounts also touch on 'knowing the limits' (ibid.). Similarities were also found with the social context of young people's alcohol use and that of adults (Horness et al 2000).…”

Section: Risk and Worrysupporting

confidence: 58%

The social construction of risk by young people

Austen

2009

Health, Risk & Society

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“…Es más probable que cualquier consumo de alcohol entre estudiantes de bachillerato variará de manera importante en comparación con el consumo de universitarios que pueden beber alcohol legalmente. Es mucho más común entre estudiantes menores de 18 años beber en parques y en casa (Honess, Seymour, y Webster, 2000). Por otro lado, el consumo de alcohol en lugares con licencia para ello es más común para estudiantes mayores de edad, pero menos probable para los que cursan bachillerato (cf.…”

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Alcohol-related expectancies in adults and adolescents: Similarities and disparities

Monk

Heim

2016

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This study aimed to contrast student and not student outcome expectancies, and explore the diversity of alcohol-related cognitions within a wider student sample. Participants (n=549) were college students (higher education-typically aged 15-18 years), university students (further education-typically aged 18-22 years) and business people (white collar professionals <50 years) who completed questionnaires in their place of work or education. Overall positive expectancies were higher in the college students than in the business or university samples. However, not all expectancy subcategories followed this pattern. Participant groups of similar age were therefore alike in some aspects of their alcohol-related cognitions but different in others. Similarly, participant groups whom are divergent in age appeared to be alike in some of their alcohol-related cognitions, such as tension reduction expectancies. Research often homogenises students as a specific sub-set of the population, this paper hi-lights that this may be an over-simplification. Furthermore, the largely exclusive focus on student groups within research in this area may also be an oversight, given the diversity of the findings demonstrated between these groups. Expectativas relacionadas con el alcohol en adultos y adolescentes: Semejanzas y diferencias

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The Social Contexts of Underage Drinking

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Cited by 37 publications

References 13 publications

Fourteen to 17‐year‐olds' experience of ‘risky’ drinking—a cross‐sectional survey undertaken in south‐east England

Fourteen to 17‐year‐olds' experience of ‘risky’ drinking—a cross‐sectional survey undertaken in south‐east England

The social construction of risk by young people

Alcohol-related expectancies in adults and adolescents: Similarities and disparities

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