Alcohol use and misuse among young people: What about abstainers? A quantitative approach
Année de publication : 2023
Numéro de document : 343
Pagination : 51
Institution éditrice : Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique (Unisanté)
ISSN : 1660-7104
Ville : Lausanne
Etude financée par : Fonds National Suisse, grant#10001C_200500
Remerciements : Aux expertes et experts: Joëlle Duruz, Gerhard Gmel, Nicolas Dietrich et Stephane Caduff qui nous ont partagé leurs points de vue.
Abstract
Youth’s alcohol use and misuse is a public health problem due to its potential consequences. Acute consequences include accidents, other mortality factors, use of other drugs, withdrawal and hangover, risky sexual behaviors, poorer school performance or family functioning; while chronic use leads to effects on bone density and growth, liver function, brain development and mental health. For this reason, to date, most research on alcohol among young people refers to the prevalence of use or misuse and abstinence is rarely addressed.
In order to fill this gap related to abstainers, the objective of this research is to describe the characteristics of alcohol abstainers compared to other groups of drinkers, and whether abstinence evolves into alcohol use over time.
