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. 2020 Oct-Dec;56(4):531-537.
doi: 10.4415/ANN_20_04_18.

Alcohol use and misuse: a profile of adolescents from 2018 Italian HBSC data

Lorena Charrier  1 , Natale Canale  2 , Paola Dalmasso  1 , Alessio Vieno  2 , Veronica Sciannameo  3 , Alberto Borraccino  1 , Patrizia Lemma  1 , Silvia Ciardullo  4 , Paola Berchialla  5 ; 2018 HBSC-Italia Group; the 2018 HBSC-Italia Group
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Alcohol use and misuse: a profile of adolescents from 2018 Italian HBSC data

Lorena Charrier et al. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2020 Oct-Dec.
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Abstract

Objective: Alcohol remains the most commonly substance used by adolescents.The aim of the study was to draw a comprehensive picture of the behavioural patterns that characterize alcohol use and abuse among 15-year-olds.

Materials and methods: The study sample included 18,918 15-year-olds participating in the 2018 Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. A Bayesian approach was adopted for selecting the manifest variables associated with alcohol consumption; a latent class regression model was employed to identify health-related risk patterns associated with alcohol use.

Results: 21% of our sample represented the cluster of heavy drinkers who shared other risk behaviours: heavy smoking habits (29%), cannabis (68%), gambling (52%) and drunkenness (76%) experience, binge drinking (96%) and sexual intercourse (51%).

Conclusions: Our results confirm multiple risk-taking behaviours among adolescents tending to cluster in behavioural patterns. This has implications for public health policies and must be considered when planning interventions and prevention strategies.

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