Margaretha de Looze1, Quinten Raaijmakers2, Tom Ter Bogt3, Pernille Bendtsen4, Tilda Farhat5, Mafalda Ferreira6, Emmanuelle Godeau7, Emmanuel Kuntsche8, Michal Molcho9, Timo-Kolja Pförtner10, Bruce Simons-Morton5, Alessio Vieno11, Wilma Vollebergh3, William Pickett12. 1. 1 Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands M.E.deLooze@uu.nl. 2. 2 Department of Pedagogical Sciences, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 3. 1 Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 4. 3 Statens Institut for Folkesundhed, Syddansk Universitet, Copenhagen, Denmark. 5. 4 Prevention Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda/Rockville, MD, USA. 6. 5 Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. 7. 6 Service Médical du Rectorat de Toulouse, UMR Inserm U1027-Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. 8. 7 Research Institute, Addiction Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland 8 Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. 9. 9 Centre for Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland. 10. 10 Institute of Medical Sociology (IMS), Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. 11. 11 Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. 12. 12 Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study examined trends in adolescent weekly alcohol use between 2002 and 2010 in 28 European and North American countries. METHODS: Analyses were based on data from 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents who participated in the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study in 2002, 2006 and 2010. RESULTS: Weekly alcohol use declined in 20 of 28 countries and in all geographic regions, from 12.1 to 6.1% in Anglo-Saxon countries, 11.4 to 7.8% in Western Europe, 9.3 to 4.1% in Northern Europe and 16.3 to 9.9% in Southern Europe. Even in Eastern Europe, where a stable trend was observed between 2002 and 2006, weekly alcohol use declined between 2006 and 2010 from 12.3 to 10.1%. The decline was evident in all gender and age subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: These consistent trends may be attributable to increased awareness of the harmful effects of alcohol for adolescent development and the implementation of associated prevention efforts, or changes in social norms and conditions. Although the declining trend was remarkably similar across countries, prevalence rates still differed considerably across countries.
BACKGROUND: This study examined trends in adolescent weekly alcohol use between 2002 and 2010 in 28 European and North American countries. METHODS: Analyses were based on data from 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents who participated in the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study in 2002, 2006 and 2010. RESULTS: Weekly alcohol use declined in 20 of 28 countries and in all geographic regions, from 12.1 to 6.1% in Anglo-Saxon countries, 11.4 to 7.8% in Western Europe, 9.3 to 4.1% in Northern Europe and 16.3 to 9.9% in Southern Europe. Even in Eastern Europe, where a stable trend was observed between 2002 and 2006, weekly alcohol use declined between 2006 and 2010 from 12.3 to 10.1%. The decline was evident in all gender and age subgroups. CONCLUSIONS: These consistent trends may be attributable to increased awareness of the harmful effects of alcohol for adolescent development and the implementation of associated prevention efforts, or changes in social norms and conditions. Although the declining trend was remarkably similar across countries, prevalence rates still differed considerably across countries.
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