Learning Not to Drink: Adolescents and Abstinence

Abstract

Adolescents surveyed 100 nondrinking peers directly in their communities utilizing a 13-item, structured, behavior analysis questionnaire designed to assess the influence of models, self-control, and reinforcement on learning not to drink. Results suggest that parents and other adults who did not drink had a strong influence on these youth. Several effective modes of self-control were discovered and these 100 teenagers revealed assertiveness skills in saying “no” to peer pressures to drink. In addition, self-reinforcement (being proud) seemed to play a role. Results are compared to those in two previous studies of adolescents who were drinkers. The possible utilization of nondrinking, non-drug taking adolescents as “teachers” in drug education and prevention programs is discussed.

Tenåringsdrikking i utviklingspsykologisk perspektiv

“…I ungdomstida er anerkjennelse og aksept fra venneflokken dessuten et svaert viktig bidrag til selvfølelsen (32). Samtidig ser det ut til at tenåringsdrikking er forbundet med bekreftelse og oppmuntring fra venner, mens avhold sjelden gir opphav til tilsvarende reaksjoner (33). Det er også avdekket at avholdsungdom ofte blir betraktet som lite opprørske og tøffe av sine jevnaldrende, og at de også har en tendens til å oppfatte seg selv på samme måte (27).…”

Οινοπνευματώδη Ποτά Και Μαθητόκοσμος

“…(Knight 1937, McCord et al 1960, Chafetz et al 1975. (Stumphauzer 1977 Stumphauzer ( , 1982Stumphauzer ( , 1983 (Kandel, 1980). (Hirschi 1969, Kandel 1980 Την τελευταία δεκαετία έγιναν πλέον πολλές μελέτες πάνω στο θέμα των υιοθετημένων παιδιών (Cadoret and Gath 1978, Cadoret.…”

The Construction and Testing of an Interactive Model for Understanding Alcohol Misuse in Middle Adolescence

“…Assertiveness and social anxiety are also linked with substance use and abuse. A survey of 100 non-drinking adolescents designed to assess influences on learning not to drink (Stumphauzer, 1983), discovered that teenagers revealed assertiveness skills in saying no to peer pressure. Hamilton (1985) argues, that reasons given for excessive drinking are associated with enhancement of sociability, with relieving anxiety and feeling good.…”