Different Families, Different Consumption Patterns: Relationship Between Family Dynamics and Alcohol Consumption among Adolescents in Colombia
The majority of studies on adolescents’ alcohol use are limited to presenting prevalences of use. This study is centered on the qualitative dimensions of the problem through the implementation of 10 focus groups, five carried out with parents and another five with adolescents in Bogotá, Barranquilla...
| Autor Principal: | Mejía-Trujillo, Juliana |
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Universidad Santo Tomás, Bogotá-Colombia
2018
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http://revistas.usta.edu.co/index.php/hallazgos/article/view/4337 |
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The majority of studies on adolescents’ alcohol use are limited to presenting prevalences of use. This study is centered on the qualitative dimensions of the problem through the implementation of 10 focus groups, five carried out with parents and another five with adolescents in Bogotá, Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cali and Medellín. Results show that alcohol consumption among minors is a fact normalized culturally; that family dynamics related to norms, limits, authority, socialization and relationships, are fundamental for adolescents at the time of deciding on the convenience of drinking or not, more than the knowledge about social and health risks; and that preventive programs should be mainly directed to the family domain, and not to the youngsters, because in many cases alcohol consumption is induced by |
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