Sociological conditioning of alcohol intake: Puebla students case

Currently, alcohol intake among students is mainly analyzed by a psychological approach with a highly epidemiological perspective. This paper aims to find some sociological determinants of this phenomenon, with special interest in therole of peer groups. To achieve these goals, a survey was conducte...

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Autores: Gutiérrez Sánchez, Héctor, Alatorre Cruz, Graciela Catalina, Alatorre Cruz, Julia María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:espiral.cucsh.udg.mx:article/1668
Acceso en línea:http://espiral.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/EEES/article/view/1668
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:alcohol intake
students
alcoholism
youth
alcohol
consumo alcohólico
estudiantes
alcoholismo
jóvenes
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Sumario:Currently, alcohol intake among students is mainly analyzed by a psychological approach with a highly epidemiological perspective. This paper aims to find some sociological determinants of this phenomenon, with special interest in therole of peer groups. To achieve these goals, a survey was conducted with nine hundred six students from Puebla. It was found that alcohol intake is determined by some “hanging out” that students usually do on weekends. In addition, it was discovered that these social events are only statistically related to enjoying the social interactions, regardless of social pressure (as the main alcohol-study perspective would suggest). These findings underline the importance of the social fact to explain alcohol intake.