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Horizonte sanitario
On-line version ISSN 2007-7459Print version ISSN 1665-3262
Abstract
HINOJOSA-GARCIA, Laura; GARCIA-GARCIA, Pedro; JIMENEZ-MARTINEZ, Aída Aleyda and PERALTA-CERDA, Elvia Guadalupe. Expectations and prevalence of alcohol consumption in high school students. Horiz. sanitario [online]. 2024, vol.23, n.3, pp.637-642. Epub June 23, 2025. ISSN 2007-7459. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a23n3.5830.
Objective:
identify the prevalence of alcohol consumption in high school students, know their expectations regarding consumption, as well as determine if there is a relationship between both variables.
Materials and methods:
quantitative, descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study in a sample of 570 students, a personal data card and the Alcohol Consumption Expectations Questionnaire (AEQ) were used.
Results:
in relation to the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, 50.2% were male, their age fluctuated between 17 and 19 years. 68.8% reported having consumed alcohol at some point in their lives, 27.2% of the participants considered that when consuming alcohol there would be changes in social behavior, the prevalence of global, classic, current and instantaneous alcohol consumption showed a positive and significant relationship. (p<.01) with the global scale on expectations towards alcohol consumption.
Conclusions:
the findings show the need to design nursing interventions focused on clarifying the expectations that young people have towards alcohol consumption, with the aim of delaying, reducing and/or avoid its consumption.
Keywords : expectations; alcohol consumption; students.
