ABSTRACT
This study explored the relationship between religion, religiosity and alcohol consumption in a sample of 2.890 adolescents (ages 12-18) in Madrid, Spain. Results showed that non-believers were the group that consume and abuse alcohol the most, as opposed to Catholics. Besides, religiosity was related to a lower alcohol use. Therefore, religion and religiosity in Spanish adolescents appear to be related to a low alcohol use. This contribution may help to clarify the risk and protection factors for alcohol consumption by adolescents and contribute to strengthening the preventive actions.
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Alcohol Drinking/psychology , Religion and Psychology , Spirituality , Adolescent , Adolescent Behavior , Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology , Child , Humans , Prevalence , SpainABSTRACT
El consumo diario de tabaco e intensivo de alcohol en la adolescencia puede configurarse como hábitos persistentes para la vida adulta. En este trabajo se pretende explorar las diferencias entre chicos y chicas adolescentes de origen latino con consumos intensivos de tabaco y alcohol, dado que son escasos los trabajos en España que introducen la variable cultural o étnica. Se trata de un estudio trasversal mediante encuesta escolar, a 1126 adolescentes de origen latino, escolarizados en la Educación Secundaria en tres zonas españolas, de 12 a 19 años. Entre los resultados destacamos que el 9,4% de los chicos y el 5,6% de las chicas latinas fumaban diariamente y el 24,2% de los chicos y el 19% de las chicas bebió cinco o más bebidas alcohólicas en el último evento. Fumar diariamente se asoció con ser chico, fumar el padre, fumar la pareja, actuando como factor de protección hacer deporte. Ser chico, emborracharse y haber ido de botellón aumenta la probabilidad de consumir alcohol de forma intensiva. Para concluir destacamos que existen diferencias de género en los consumos de tabaco y alcohol en el tipo de consumo intensivo pero no se aprecia cuando se trata del uso de estas sustancias. Se plantea la necesidad de tener en cuenta la variable de origen cultural en las intervenciones educativas sociosanitarias (AU)
The daily smoking and binge drinking in adolescence may produce persistent habit for adulthood. The objective of this research is to explore the differences between Latinoamerican girls and boys adolescents in the tobacco and alcohol consumes. The researches with cultural variable are scant in Spain. This study is transversal via a school survey comprising 1126 Latinoamerican adolescents, in Secondary Education in three areas and ranging from 12 to 19 years of age. The results are the 9,4% of the boys and the 5,6% of the girls smoke daily, and the 24,2% of the boys and the 19% of the girls for binge drinking the last event. The probability of daily smoking was associated to be a boy, to have a smoking father, to have a smoking couple and as protection factor was to do sport. So, to be a boy, to get drunk and have gone to Botellon increase the probability to binge drinking. The most important conclusion is that there were differences of gender in tobacco and alcohol abuse but not in the use. It is necessary to introduce the cultural variable in educative, health and social prevention (AU)
