Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Teslina 6, 21000, Split, Croatia.
University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Int J Public Health. 2019 Mar;64(2):185-194. doi: 10.1007/s00038-018-1168-5. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
The cause-effect relationship between educational and sport factors, and alcohol drinking in adolescents is rarely prospectively investigated. This study aimed to establish the possible influence of sport, scholastic and socio-demographic factors on harmful alcohol drinking (HD) and the initiation of HD in adolescents from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Study included 881 adolescents (49% females) and consisted of (1) baseline tests (16 years of age) and (2) follow-up testing (18 years of age). The independent variables were scholastic and sport-related factors. Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test was used, with the following dependent variables: (1) HD at baseline, (2) HD at follow-up, and (3) HD initiation. Logistic regressions were applied to define the relationships.
Higher likelihood of HD was evidenced in children who performed poorly in school. Sport factors were positively correlated with HD at study baseline. Higher odds for HD initiation were found for adolescents who reported a lower GPA, a lower behavioral grade, more frequent school absences, and more unexcused school absences.
The results showed scholastic failure as the predictor of HD initiation. The potential influence of sport factors on HD initiation should be studied at an earlier age.
教育和运动因素与青少年饮酒之间的因果关系很少被前瞻性研究。本研究旨在确定运动、学业和社会人口因素对波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那青少年有害饮酒（HD）和 HD 起始的可能影响。
该研究纳入了 881 名青少年（49%为女性），包括（1）基线测试（16 岁）和（2）随访测试（18 岁）。自变量为学业和与运动相关的因素。使用酒精使用障碍识别测试，以下列为因变量：（1）基线时的 HD，（2）随访时的 HD，和（3）HD 起始。应用逻辑回归来确定关系。
在学业成绩较差的儿童中，HD 的可能性更高。运动因素与研究基线时的 HD 呈正相关。报告 GPA 较低、行为等级较低、更频繁的逃学和更多无正当理由逃学的青少年，HD 起始的几率更高。
研究结果表明学业失败是 HD 起始的预测因素。应在更早的年龄阶段研究运动因素对 HD 起始的潜在影响。
