Self-Esteem and Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy among Upper Secondary School Students with Hazardous Alcohol Consumption

ABSTRACT

The objective of this research was to study self-esteem and drinking refusal self-efficacy related to hazardous alcohol consumption among upper-secondary school students. Eight hundred and fifty upper-secondary school students from Amphoe Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima Province were classified into 2 groups according to hazardous drinking (yes=107, no=743). Data were collected by questionnaires which comprised 4 parts part 1 general characteristics, part 2 the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), part 3 The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Questionnaire, and part 4 The Drinking Refusal Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and analytic statistics by computerized statistical package. The results revealed the percent of student’s hazardous drinking was 12.6%. Demographic factors related to hazardous drinking were age, gender and Grade Point Average (p \< 0.05). In addtion, factors of self-esteem and drinking refusal self-efficacy associated with hazardous alcohol consumption (p \< 0.001). Therefore, Evaluation of self-esteem and drinking refusal self-efficacy are the tools for surveillance of alcohol risk groups.