%0 Journal Article
%T Adolescent alcohol use: a reflection of national drinking patterns and policy?
%J Addiction
%D 2014
%A Bendtsen, P.
%A Damsgaard, M. T.
%A Huckle, T.
%A Casswell, S.
%A Kuntsche, E.
%A Arnold, P.
%A de Looze, M.
%A Hofmann, F.
%A Hublet, A.
%A Simons-Morton, B.
%A Ter Bogt, T. F. M.
%A Holstein, B. E.
%V 109
%N 11
%P 1857-1868
%X AIMS: To analyse how adolescent drunkenness and frequency of drinking were associated with adult drinking patterns and alcohol control policies. PARTICIPANTS, DESIGN, SETTING: Cross-sectional survey data on 13- and 15-year-olds in 37 countries who participated in the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study in 2010 (n=144,788) were linked to national-level indicators on alcohol control policies and adult drinking patterns. MEASUREMENTS: Outcome measures were self-reported weekly drinking and life time drunkenness (drunk once or more). Data were analysed using multilevel logistic regression models. <br><br>FINDINGS: In the mutually adjusted models, adolescent drunkenness was significantly associated with high adult alcohol consumption (odds ratio (OR) = 3.15 among boys, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.13-4.64, OR girls = 2.44, CI= 1.57-3.80) and risky drinking patterns in the adult population (OR boys = 2.02, CI= 1.33-3.05, OR girls = 1.61, CI= 1.18-2.18). The level of abstainers in the adult population was also significantly associated with girls' drunkenness; a 10% increase in the number of abstainers in a country reduced the odds of drunkenness with 21% (OR = 0.79, CI= 0.68-0.90). Weekly drinking was significantly associated with weak restrictions on availability (OR boys= 2.82, CI=1.74-4.54, OR girls = 2.00, CI=1.15-3.46) and advertising (OR boys= 1.56, CI= 1.02-2.40, OR girls = 1.79, CI= 1.10-2.94). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A high level of adult drinking and limited alcohol control policies predicted high alcohol use among adolescents in this cross-national study of adolescents in 37 countries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0965-2140
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12681