Leisure-time socializing with peers as a mediator of recent decline in alcohol Use in Czech adolescents

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/19:10406306 RIV/00216208:11310/19:10406306

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2019.1640304" target="_blank" >10.1080/14659891.2019.1640304</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Leisure-time socializing with peers as a mediator of recent decline in alcohol Use in Czech adolescents

Original language description

Background: Significant declines in adolescent alcohol use were recently observed in Europe, and growing research has focused on explaining the ongoing changes. The aim of the paper was to analyze to what extent the changes in unorganized leisure-time activities, especially declines in socializing with peers, affected recent changes in adolescent alcohol use in the Czech Republic. Methods: Samples of 15-16-year-old adolescents, surveyed in 2011 (N1=3,710) and 2015 (N2=2,738) waves of the ESPAD study, were analysed. Structural equation model was constructed, separately for boys and girls, to test the mediating effect of changes in frequency of going out with friends on observed decline in adolescent binge drinking and alcohol intoxication. Results: The decline in frequency of going out with friends explained a major part of the decline in alcohol use between 2011 and 2015. The mediating effect was confirmed in both binge drinking and alcohol intoxication, and was more pronounced among girls (65.4%–99.6%) compared to boys (51.1%–62.7%). Conclusion: Recent changes in unorganized socializing with peers have significantly affected the alcohol consumption in Czech adolescents. Future research may focus on gender differences observed and their underlying factors, taking into account the widespread use of the Internet and electronic media communication.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30312 - Substance abuse

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Substance Use

ISSN

1465-9891

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

630-637

UT code for WoS article

000476357700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85072138061