@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol use and misuse: a profile of adolescents from 2018 Italian HBSC data",
journal="Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanità",
year="2020",
author="Charrier, Lorena and Canale, Natale and Dalmasso, Paola and Vieno, Alessio and Sciannameo, Veronica and Borraccino, Alberto and Lemma, Patrizia and Ciardullo, Silvia and Berchialla, Paola and 2018 HBSC-Italia Group, ",
volume="56",
number="4",
pages="531-537",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Alcohol remains the most commonly substance used by adolescents.The aim of the study was to draw a comprehensive picture of the behavioural patterns that characterize alcohol use and abuse among 15-year-olds.   MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study sample included 18,918 15-year-olds participating in the 2018 Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. A Bayesian approach was adopted for selecting the manifest variables associated with alcohol consumption; a latent class regression model was employed to identify health-related risk patterns associated with alcohol use.   RESULTS: 21% of our sample represented the cluster of heavy drinkers who shared other risk behaviours: heavy smoking habits (29%), cannabis (68%), gambling (52%) and drunkenness (76%) experience, binge drinking (96%) and sexual intercourse (51%).   CONCLUSIONS: Our results confirm multiple risk-taking behaviours among adolescents tending to cluster in behavioural patterns. This has implications for public health policies and must be considered when planning interventions and prevention strategies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-2571",
doi="10.4415/ANN_20_04_18",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4415/ANN_20_04_18"
}