Citation

Wilks J. Drug Alcohol Rev. 1992; 11(2): 137-143.

Affiliation

Key Centre in Strategic Management, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland, 4001, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1080/09595239200185611

PMID

16840268

Abstract

A sample of 1154 adolescents from central Queensland indicated their agreement or disagreement with 28 reasons why young people drink alcohol in ways that are risky or illegal. As predicted, agreement varied across the three age groups sampled, with younger respondents being most likely to agree with drinking reasons. In contrast, very few sex differences emerged in the study. This suggests that young males and females share some common views about situations related to problematic alcohol consumption, and that age differences may be the more important factor in the development of alcohol education messages.

Language: en