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LA PRÁCTICA DEL BOTELLÓN EN ADOLESCENTES GALLEGOS: PREVALENCIA, IMPLICACIONES Y VARIABLES ASOCIADAS
Sandra Golpe Ferreiro 1,*
, Carmen Barreiro Couto 1, Manuel Isorna Folgar 1, Jesús Varela Mallou 1, Antonio Rial Boubeta 1
, Carmen Barreiro Couto 1, Manuel Isorna Folgar 1, Jesús Varela Mallou 1, Antonio Rial Boubeta 1Affiliation
Article Info
1 Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España
*Correspondencia: Sandra Golpe, Facultad de Psicología, Campus Vida, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, c/ Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela (España).E-mail: sandra.golpe@usc.es
Abstract
The phenomenon of botellón (binge drinking) among adolescents has contributed to the expansion and consolidation of a worrying pattern of alcohol consumption. However, there are few studies that analyze it, being this the objective of the paper. The results obtained with a sample of 3,419 adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years (M= 14.94, SD= 1.89) put the prevalence of botellón at 38.4%. Its practice involves consumption rates of other substances significantly higher, being up to 16 times higher in the case of binge drinking, as well as higher risk consumption levels. Likewise, it is associated with several high-risk practices such as fights, accidents or unprotected sex. Variables such as expectations, peers consumption, curfew or spending money have been shown to be associated with this practice. All this reinforces the convenience of developing comprehensive preventive work that includes both variables of a personal nature and those more closely related to the establishment of norms and limits by the parents
Keywords
- adolescents
- binge drinking
- botellón
- consequences