Individual and contextual factors related to binge drinking among adolescents in Spain

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of binge drinking by regions in Spain and assess the effect of individual and contextual factors related to this drinking pattern in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was performed with data from the 2014 Spanish School Survey on Drug Use (ESTU...

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Autores: Teixidó-Compañó, Ester|||0000-0002-0565-7023, Sordo, Luis|||0000-0003-1760-9472, Bosque Prous, Marina|||0000-0002-8830-8880, Puigcorbé, Susanna|||0000-0001-9515-0826, Barrio, Gregorio, Brugal, María Teresa|||0000-0003-0580-676X, Belza, María José|||0000-0003-4816-7750, Espelt, Albert|||0000-0002-8625-4356
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:292460
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/292460
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.20882/adicciones.975
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior/psychology
Binge Drinking/epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Spain/epidemiology
Underage Drinking/psychology
Alcohol
Underage drinking
Binge drinking
Adolescents
Alcohol accessibility
Consumo intensivo
Adolescentes
Accesibilidad al alcohol
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of binge drinking by regions in Spain and assess the effect of individual and contextual factors related to this drinking pattern in adolescents. A cross-sectional study was performed with data from the 2014 Spanish School Survey on Drug Use (ESTUDES) in students aged 14-18 years (N = 34,259). The outcome was binge drinking in adolescents during the last 30 days. Individual independent variables were socioeconomic variables and variables related to access to alcohol and its availability. Contextual variables consisted of adult alcohol consumption, public policies on alcohol, and socioeconomic factors. Multilevel Poisson regression models with robust variance were estimated, obtaining prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidence intervals. The results showed that the prevalence of youth binge drinking by region of residence was similar for both sexes (r = 0.72). At the individual level, binge drinking was mainly associated with the perception of easy access to alcohol (PR: 1.38; 95% CI: 1.23-1.55), consumption in open areas [(PR: 3.82; 95% CI: 3.44-4.24) < once a month and (PR: 6.57; 95% CI: 5.85-7.37) ≥ once a month], at least one parent allowing alcohol consumption (PR: 1.42; 95% CI: 1.37-1.47), and receiving >30 euros weekly (PR :1.51; 95% CI: 1.37-1.67). Contextual variables were not associated with youth binge drinking when individual variables were considered. In conclusion, youth binge drinking was associated with individual variables related to high alcohol accessibility and availability, regardless of contextual variables. These variables explained the variability in binge drinking among Spanish regions.