Citation

Vogel I, van de Looij-Jansen PM, Mieloo CL, Burdorf A, de Waart F. Pediatrics 2012; 129(6): 1097-1103.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Academy of Pediatrics)

DOI

10.1542/peds.2011-1948

PMID

22614773

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine, among adolescents and emerging adults attending inner-city lower education, associations between risky music-listening behaviors (from MP3 players and in discotheques and at pop concerts) and more traditional health-risk behaviors: substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, and hard drugs) and unsafe sexual intercourse. METHODS: A total of 944 students in Dutch inner-city senior-secondary vocational schools completed questionnaires about their music-listening and traditional health-risk behaviors. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to examine associations between music-listening and traditional health-risk behaviors. RESULTS: Risky MP3-player listeners used cannabis more often during the past 4 weeks. Students exposed to risky sound levels during discotheque and pop concert attendance used cannabis less often during the past 4 weeks, were more often binge drinkers, and reported inconsistent condom use during sexual intercourse.CONCLUSIONS:The coexistence of risky music-listening behaviors with other health-risk behaviors provides evidence in support of the integration of risky music-listening behaviors within research on and programs aimed at reducing more traditional health-risk behaviors, such as substance abuse and unsafe sexual intercourse.

Language: en