Authors
Pernille Bendtsen, Mogens Trab Damsgaard, Taisia Huckle, Sally Casswell, Emmanuel Kuntsche, Petra Arnold, Margreet E de Looze, Felix Hofmann, Anne Hublet, Bruce Simons‐Morton, Tom Ter Bogt, Bjørn E Holstein
Publication date
2014/11
Journal
Addiction
Volume
109
Issue
11
Pages
1857-1868
Description
Aims
To analyse how adolescent drunkenness and frequency of drinking were associated with adult drinking patterns and alcohol control policies.
Design, Setting and Participants
Cross‐sectional survey data on 13‐ and 15‐year‐olds in 37 countries who participated in the Health Behaviour in School‐Aged Children (HBSC) Study in 2010 (n = 144 788) were linked to national‐level indicators on alcohol control policies and adult drinking patterns.
Measurements
Outcome measures were self‐reported weekly drinking and life‐time drunkenness (drunk once or more). Data were analysed using multi‐level logistic regression models.
Findings
In the mutually adjusted models, adolescent drunkenness was associated significantly with high adult alcohol consumption [odds ratio (OR) = 3.15 among boys, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.13–4.64, OR girls = 2.44, CI = 1.57–3.80] and risky drinking patterns …
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