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Alcohol intoxication among adolescents from the ecological theory of human development perspective: A quantitative study on Norway and US

Park, Sohlbin
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2018
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Abstract
Introduction: The study examined social environmental factors of adolescents of grade 8 and 10 (age 13-16)

in Norway and the US to determine which factors influence the behaviour of having been intoxicated on

alcohol. Since alcohol intoxication can cause greater physical and mental harm in adolescents, preventing

this risky behaviour of early alcohol intoxication is important. Based on Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological

theory of human development, the adolescent’s social environmental factors and individual’s characteristic

factors were analysed including: one’s individual characteristics, parent, peer, school influence and national

policy.

Methods: 5,088 adolescents from the US and 13,931 from Norway completed respective national surveys

about various health related behaviours. Monitoring the Future (2015) was selected as the US dataset and

Ungdata (2010-2015) as the Norwegian dataset. Using nested logistic regression, the data from each

country’s survey was analysed separately. The results were subsequently compared to identify how each

factor influenced the odds of adolescents having been drunk and how the factors are interrelated in each

country.

Results:

US: Talking to parents about personal problems, having more peers who drink or get drunk, number of

skipped (cut) school days and having visited a therapist for alcohol use indicated statistically significant

influence of having a positive relationship with the odds of adolescents having been drunk. No other social

environmental factors showed significant influence.

Norway: Sex, father’s education, and talking to parents about one’s problems showed a negative correlation

with the odds of adolescents having been drunk. Grade/age, depressed about future, having more peers

who drink or get drunk, number of cut school days, and visiting school nurse for substance use showed a

positive correlation with the odds of adolescents having been drunk. No other social environmental factors

showed significant influence.

Conclusion: Results showed peer factor as the most influential factor on the odds of adolescents having

been drunk for both the US and Norway. Talking to parents about one’s problems, number of school days

cut and seeking professional help for alcohol or substance use was also influential. However, sex, being

depressed about future, and father’s education showed different results regarding their influence on the

odds of adolescents having been drunk in the US and Norway.
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OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University

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