Patterns of Drinking Behaviors and Predictors of Class Membership among Adolescents in the Republic of Korea: A Latent Class Analysis
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
; : 701-712, 2019.
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en Ko
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Despite the high drinking rates and the complexity of drinking behaviors in adolescents, insufficient attention has been paid to their drinking patterns. Therefore, we aimed to identify patterns of adolescent drinking behaviors and factors predicting the distinct subgroups of adolescent drinking behaviors.METHODS:
We analyzed nationally representative secondary data obtained in 2017. Our final sample included 24,417 Korean adolescents who had consumed at least one glass of alcohol in their lifetime. To investigate patterns of drinking behaviors, we conducted a latent class analysis using nine alcohol-related characteristics, including alcohol consumption levels, solitary drinking, timing of drinking initiation, and negative consequences of drinking. Furthermore, we investigated differences in demographics, mental health status, and characteristics of substance use across the latent classes identified in our study. To do so, we used the PROC LCA with COVARIATES statement in the SAS software.RESULTS:
We identified three latent classes of drinking behaviors current non-drinkers (CND), binge drinkers (BD), and problem drinkers (PD). Compared to the CND class, both BD and PD classes were strongly associated with higher academic year, lower academic performance, higher levels of stress, suicidal ideation, lifetime conventional or electronic cigarette use, and lifetime use of other drugs.CONCLUSION:
Health professionals should develop and implement intervention strategies targeting individual subgroups of drinking behaviors to obtain better outcomes. In particular, health professionals should consider different characteristics across subgroups of adolescent drinking behaviors when developing the interventions, such as poor mental health status and other substance use among binge and problem drinkers.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas
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Demografía
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Salud Mental
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Ingestión de Líquidos
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Conducta de Ingestión de Líquido
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República de Corea
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Ideación Suicida
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Sistemas Electrónicos de Liberación de Nicotina
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Consumo de Alcohol en Menores
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Vidrio
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Ko
Revista:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article