Factors Influencing the Drinking Risk of Drinking Middle School Students
AUTHORS
Young-Ju Jee,Dept. of Nursing, Kyungnam University Woryeongbuk 16-gil Masanhappo-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 631-701, KOREA
Kyoung-Nam Kim,Dept. Nursing, Busan Women’s Colle.,Jinnamro, Busan Jin-gu, Busan, Korea
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this descriptive survey research is to identify the factors influencing the risk of middle school students’ drinking based on the factors derived from the 2016 Youth Health Behavior Online Survey. Excluding the data relevant to the selected principal concepts whose values were missing from the entire raw data, the data of 2,144 subjects was analyzed with SPSS WIN 20.0. An increment in grade put students at 2.38 times greater risk of drinking. A negative increment in the risk of drinking led to 1.15-, 1.13-, 1.12- and 1.10-fold increases in academic performance, economic status, weekly mean allowance and subjective happiness index, respectively. That is, the risk of middle school students’ drinking increased with girls and higher graders, and had negative effects on academic performance and economic status. Also, less weekly mean allowance and lower subjective happiness index predicted the increase in the risk of underage drinking. The findings suggest the academic performance, economic status, mean allowance and subjective happiness index should be considered in developing an intervention program for preventing middle school students from drinking.
KEYWORDS
Drinking, Adolescents, Problem solving, Students
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