TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Alcohol intake and binge drinking among Italian adolescents: the role of drinking motives
JO  - Journal of addictive diseases
A1  - Laghi, Fiorenzo
A1  - Baumgartner, Emma
A1  - Baiocco, Roberto
A1  - Kotzalidis, Georgios D.
A1  - Piacentino, Daria
A1  - Girardi, Paolo
A1  - Angeletti, Gloria
SP  - 119
EP  - 127
VL  - 35
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Binge drinking, a pattern associated with worse outcome, is becoming increasingly popular among youths, thus impacting negatively social life. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To investigate drinking patterns and their underlying motives in Italian adolescents. DESIGN/METHODS: We administered the Alcohol Use Questionnaire (AUQ) and the Drinking Motive Questionnaire Revised Short Form (DMQ-R SF) to 332 school-age teenagers (16-19 years; 139 girls, 193 boys) from a single Roman school, recruited at their classrooms through the intermediation of their teachers. <br><br>RESULTS Boys scored higher than girls on all drinking and binge measures. They also scored higher on the Enhancement, Social, and Conformity DMQ-R SF subscales. Binge drinking scores positively correlated with gender, alcohol consumption, and with all DMQ-R SF subscales. In the two-step hierarchical model DMQ-R SF Enhancement and Conformity predicted alcohol use and DMQ-R SF Coping motives significantly predicted binge drinking. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Binge drinking is prevalent among Italian adolescents, who mainly drink to enhance perceived positive effects of alcohol and for conforming to their group and binge to face their problems. Boys binge more than girls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-0887
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2015.1129703
ID  - ref1
ER  -