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KMID : 0928020070110020025
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Nursing and Innovation
2007 Volume.11 No. 2 p.25 ~ p.40
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Adolescent Drinking Behavior and Related Factors
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Park Im-ju
Hong Hae-Sook
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Abstract
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With 490 students from the chosen 6 middle schools located in K city, this study was conducted to clarify middle school students’ drinking behavior and related factors. All date were analysed using SPSS Program, frequency, percent (%), mean, standard deviation (SD), t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, logistic regression analysis, and Duncan post hoc analysis. The results of this study are summarized as follows. once a month. The drinking quantity per occasion was a 500 cc cup of beer (or 2 cups of Soju). Their drinking problems indicated that "their feeling was frequently changed
after drinking" accounted for 10% of the respondents, and their drinking with a problem for 11.9%. It appeared that factors having an effect on efficacy included their school test score as a general efficacy, their drinking frequency as a social efficacy, and reasons for their first drinking as a self-efficacy, and that such factors as sex, drinking frequency and quantity influenced drinking refusal. In addition, sex, year, drinking attitude, reason for first drinking, and frequency and quantity of drinking were factors that had an impact on alcohol expectancy. There were a negative correlation between efficacy and drinking behavior, a positive correlation between alcohol expectancy and drinking behavior, and a negative correlation between efficacy and alcohol expectancy, respectively. When factors influencing drinking behavior were analysed, it was found that worrying about home affairs and high level of alcohol expectancy led to increased drinking behavior, and that the higher the level of alcohol expectancy and drinking with problem, the higher the drinking frequency. Also, it appeared that the higher the level of alcohol expectancy, the higher the level of drinking with problem, and that the higher the level of drinking refusal efficacy, the lower the level of drinking with problem. Based on the above result, it is suggested in this study that: First of all, this study was carried out with the limited number of students chosen from 6 schools located in K city so that it could be unreasonable to generalize and accept the results of this study. Second because only self-reporting questionnaires were used for this study, it is difficult to explore the objectivity of responses while in-depth analysis, including interviews, is needed to obtain detailed information Third, further studies are required to develop and evaluate a program designed to apply self-efficacy and alcohol expectancy to adolescent drinking problems.
The correlation between stress the middle-school students felt and their efforts to fight it was quite high (0.50). However, the more stress a student felt in certain areas, the more passive or unrealistic he or she grew in battling his or her stress. Students suffering stress from family relationships and friendships with same-sex classmates were unrealistic in their
efforts to fight their stress. Students suffering stress from academic matters, relationships with teachers, general school life, boyfriend or girlfriend problems, entertainment and recreation, and self-identity were generally passive in battling their stress. Based upon the findings, this study makes following suggestions: First, because this study was limited to students in three middle schools in City ’D’, the findings of this study cannot be broadened to apply to all schools. In addition, because this study concerned stress and measures to fight it of only students who have visited the school health clinic room in their schools, the scope of the study should be enlarged to include elementary-school and high-school students as well. Second, further studies should be conducted in order to develop a program that enables students, who are passive or unrealistic in combating their stress, to become more active and effective in their battle against stress.
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KEYWORD
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Adolescent, self-efficacy, alcohol expectancy
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