Department of Health System Management, Faculty of Health Science, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 24;19(7):3850. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19073850.
We investigated the prevalence of risk behaviors among Israeli adolescents (tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, drug use) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Associations between different risk behaviors were examined and so was whether specific characteristics could predict risk behaviors in adolescents. The study consisted of 1020 Israeli adolescents aged 15-18. Study subjects completed an online survey between the first and second lockdowns in Israel (April 2020 to September 2020). Participants reported the frequency at which they engaged in four different risky behaviors: general risky behavior, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption (binge drinking), and cannabis use. The most prevalent risky behavior in the sample was binge drinking (33.8%). The four measured risky behaviors were significantly correlated. Among participants who had previously engaged in a risky behavior assessed, most did not change the behavior frequency during the pandemic. All independent variables (sociodemographic characteristics, family support, and emotional, health excluding friends' support, physical activity volume, and coronavirus restrictions) were significantly different between participants engaging vs. not engaging in risky behaviors. Our findings suggest that family support is one of the most influential factors in preventing risky behavior during the pandemic, and they emphasize the importance of family-based interventions with children and adolescents from elementary to high school.
我们调查了 COVID-19 大流行期间以色列青少年（吸烟、饮酒、吸毒）的风险行为流行情况。研究了不同风险行为之间的关联，以及是否存在特定特征可以预测青少年的风险行为。该研究包括 1020 名 15-18 岁的以色列青少年。研究对象在以色列第一次和第二次封锁期间（2020 年 4 月至 2020 年 9 月）完成了在线调查。参与者报告了他们从事四种不同风险行为的频率：一般风险行为、吸烟、饮酒（狂饮）和大麻使用。样本中最普遍的风险行为是狂饮（33.8%）。四种测量的风险行为显著相关。在评估过之前从事过风险行为的参与者中，大多数人在大流行期间没有改变行为频率。所有自变量（社会人口特征、家庭支持以及情感、健康但不包括朋友的支持、体育活动量和冠状病毒限制）在从事和不从事风险行为的参与者之间存在显著差异。我们的研究结果表明，家庭支持是预防大流行期间风险行为的最具影响力因素之一，它们强调了对从小学到高中的儿童和青少年进行基于家庭的干预的重要性。
