Sentences with phrase «drinking behaviour among»

[jounal] Lyvers, M / 2010 / Drinking motives, drinking restraint and drinking behaviour among young adults / Addictive Behaviours 35: 116 ~ 122

«With alcohol contributing to four of the top five causes of death in young people, and a leading cause of cancer in our community, it's important for us to better understand drinking behaviour among young people so we can help to prevent or delay it.

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Crucially, their use is most common among young people with other forms of hazardous behaviour, such as binge drinking, suggesting that they are simply being added to the portfolio of dangerous or addictive substances that these often vulnerable young people are using.

One study from the USA provides evidence that consumerism is related to smoking, alcohol and cannabis use in 14 to 18 - year - olds, 15 and another reports an association with alcohol use in 10 to 18 - year - olds.16 Among 18 to 21 - year - old Belgian students, a substance use scale (combining smoking, drinking and drug use) was negatively related to «intrinsic values» and positively related to «extrinsic values» relating to financial success and physical appearance.17 Finally, a study of Chinese 14 to 19 - year - olds found positive associations, cross-sectionally and prospectively, between consumerism and scores on a self - reported risky behaviour questionnaire, one component of which was alcohol and / or drug use.18 It has been suggested that these associations may reflect attempts to satisfy the unmet needs of more materialistic individuals, 15 in a manner akin to self - medication.17

This is the first time when temporarily interpretable patterns of association between hazardous drinking and history of TBI among adolescents were examined in the context of co-occurring mental health and problem behaviours in a population - based study.