Jones Sandra C, Magee Christopher A
Centre for Health Initiatives, University Of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2014 May;33(3):304-13. doi: 10.1111/dar.12111. Epub 2014 Jan 28.
This study examines factors associated with alcohol-related attitudes and behaviours among 888 Australians aged 12 to 17 years. Although these influences have been examined in other countries, notably the USA, Australia's legal drinking age of 18 years is lower and adolescent drinking rates are substantially higher than in the USA.
This is a survey of 888 adolescents aged 12-17; they were recruited via a variety of methods (including school based, interception in public places and online) to obtain a cross-section of participants across metropolitan, regional and rural New South Wales.
Most respondents believed that people their age regularly consumed alcohol; and more than half believed that their siblings and peers would approve of them drinking. Predictors of frequent alcohol consumption included having a sibling or a friend who consumed alcohol; believing parents, friends and/or siblings approved of drinking; drinking behaviours of parents, friends and/or siblings; and having a higher disposable income.
The results support previous findings from the USA. We find an even stronger effect of family and friends' drinking behaviours and attitudes in a country with a lower legal drinking age and high adult alcohol consumption rates.
本研究调查了888名年龄在12至17岁的澳大利亚青少年中与酒精相关的态度和行为的影响因素。尽管在其他国家，尤其是美国，已经对这些影响因素进行过研究，但澳大利亚18岁的法定饮酒年龄更低，青少年饮酒率也远高于美国。
这是一项对888名12 - 17岁青少年进行的调查；通过多种方式（包括学校招募、公共场所拦截和网络招募）招募，以获取新南威尔士州大都市、地区和农村地区的参与者样本。
大多数受访者认为同龄人经常饮酒；超过一半的人认为他们的兄弟姐妹和同龄人会赞成他们饮酒。频繁饮酒的预测因素包括有饮酒的兄弟姐妹或朋友；认为父母、朋友和/或兄弟姐妹赞成饮酒；父母、朋友和/或兄弟姐妹的饮酒行为；以及有较高的可支配收入。
研究结果支持了美国之前的研究发现。我们发现，在一个法定饮酒年龄较低且成年人饮酒率较高的国家，家庭和朋友的饮酒行为及态度的影响更为强烈。
