Alcoholic Beverages Drinking among Female Students in a Tourist Province, Thailand

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate alcoholic beverages drinking and predictive factors among female students. The participants were 377 subjects from 3 high schools in a tourist province, of Thailand. Data collection was done through self-administered questionnaire. Scales of the questionnaire had reliability coefficients ranging from 0.84 – 0.88. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed as follows. About half (51%) of them have ever drunk and 10.5% of drinkers have drunk once a week. In addition, 15.6% of drinkers began their first drink when they were under 10 years old. Risk factors for alcohol consumption of female student were age, GPA, drinker in family, peer pressure, advertisement and accessibility to alcoholic beverages while protective factors were perception of drinking impacts on family and moral values. Students who have a drinking family member were 4.6 times more likely to drink than those who do not have.

The prevalence of alcohol consumption during early adolescence: a cross-sectional study in an eastern province, Thailand

“…Parental behaviours are strongly influencing first alcohol use among young adolescents (White, Johnson, & Buyske, 2000). At home, young children learn how to drink alcohol from their parents (Borawski, Ievers-Landis, Lovegreen, & Trapl, 2003) because the parents believe that letting their children drink alcohol at home may enhance self-protection (Kittipichai et al, 2012). This result seems to be consistent with other research showing that adolescents are first introduced to alcohol use by parents (Eadie et al, 2010;Jones & Magee, 2014;Kittipichai et al, 2012;Ward & Snow, 2011).…”

“…At home, young children learn how to drink alcohol from their parents (Borawski, Ievers-Landis, Lovegreen, & Trapl, 2003) because the parents believe that letting their children drink alcohol at home may enhance self-protection (Kittipichai et al, 2012). This result seems to be consistent with other research showing that adolescents are first introduced to alcohol use by parents (Eadie et al, 2010;Jones & Magee, 2014;Kittipichai et al, 2012;Ward & Snow, 2011). This result has indicated that nowadays, the parental role is different from the Thai traditional norm that parents should be good role models for their child.…”

“…Assanangkornchai et al (2009) found that prevalence of alcohol use seemed to increase significantly among male adolescents (30.5%) compared to female youngsters (18.2%). A recent study of female students aged between 12 and 17 years old found that approximately half of female high school students had ever drunk an alcoholic beverage (Kittipichai et al, 2012). Furthermore, the results of previous studies carried out among early to late stage adolescents pointed out that they started to drink between the ages of 6 and 14 years old (Kittipichai et al, 2012;Onmoy, 2011).…”

“…Multiple Thai research data sources as well as the national survey of drinking behaviours and other health-risk behaviours substantiated that the proportion of underage drinkers is high (Assanangkornchai, Mukthong, & Intanont, 2009;Assanangkornchai, Mukthong, & Samangsri, 2008 Sam-Angsri, Rerngpongpan, & Lertnakorn, 2010;Chaveepojnkamjorn & Pichainarong, 2011;Kittipichai, Sataporn, Sirichotiratana, & Charupoonphol, 2012). The estimated prevalence of alcohol consumption varies from 20 to 35% for middle to late adolescence (The National Statistical Office of Thailand, 2012, 2014.…”

Investigating The Prevalence of Alcohol Consumption and Its Related Factors in 13 To 17-Year-Old Adolescents: Data Extraction From 55 Eastern Mediterranean Countries

“…Another study of 3005 adolescents, 12-17 years old, in Mexico found that 59% of adolescents had experienced alcohol consumption, which was signi cantly associated with increasing age, low parental supervision, and dropout rates (10). Also, a study of female students found that almost half of female high school students (12 to 17 years old) have consumed alcohol by then (11).…”