Stress Events and their Relation with Alcohol Consumption in College Students

The objective of the research was to determine the relationship between the stressful events and alcohol consumption among university students. It was conducted using a descriptive and correlational study. The analysis was performed among students of a public university located in the state of Nuevo...

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Autor Principal: Armendáriz García, Nora Angélica; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Otros Autores: Villar Luis, Margarita Antonia; Universidad de Sao Paulo, Alonso Castillo, María Magdalena; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Alonso Castillo, Bertha Alicia; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Oliva Rodríguez, Nora Nely; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Facultad de Enfermería 2013
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/imagenydesarrollo/article/view/4212
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Sumario: The objective of the research was to determine the relationship between the stressful events and alcohol consumption among university students. It was conducted using a descriptive and correlational study. The analysis was performed among students of a public university located in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. It was a random sampling, stratified, and proportional to the size of the strata. The sample consisted of 220 students. Among the techniques used for data collection we included the application of two instruments that measured the variables of: stressful events and alcohol consumption. The results showed that the prevalence of alcohol consumption was higher once in life (92.3%) and in the last year (83.6%). Most of the students have a reasonable alcohol consumption (48.9%) followed by a much riskier one (27.2%). In this population only significant differences exist regarding the prevalence of alcohol consumption in the last week, by age (U = 4391.50, p <0.05). It also reveals that significant differences exist between men (39.3%) and women (24.1%) in the alcohol consumption in the last week (χ2 = 5.86, p <0.05). In general, the stressful events and alcohol consumption are related positively and significantly among university students (rs = 0.185, P <0.05). It can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between the stressful life events, in general, and alcohol consumption.