| Revista: | Revista médica de Chile |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000273462 |
| ISSN: | 0034-9887 |
| Autors: | Ardila, María F1 Herrán, Oscar F |
| Institucions: | 1Universidad Industrial de Santander, Centro de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas, Bucaramanga, Santander. Colombia |
| Any: | 2008 |
| Període: | Ene |
| Volum: | 136 |
| Número: | 1 |
| Paginació: | 73-82 |
| País: | Chile |
| Idioma: | Español |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Experimental, aplicado |
| Resumen en inglés | Background: Expectancies such as memories, motivations and emotions towards alcohol are an important predictor of alcohol consumption in the population. The Alcohol Expectancy Questionnaire (AEQ-III) can measure objectively these expectancies. Aim: To study which expectancies are associated to alcohol consumption in adults living in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Material and methods: The AEQ-III was applied to 601 adults (334 males) aged 18 to 60 years. A binomial regression was used to determine the expectancies that were associated with alcohol consumption after adjusting for social and demographic variables. Results: Eighty nine percent of the population consumes alcohol, without differences by age, gender, body mass index, educational or socioeconomic level. Positive expectancies related to disinhibition and feelings of power with a prevalence ratio (PR) of 1.33 (95% confidence intervals of1.06-1.67) and an age of ¡ess than 16 years when alcohol consumption started, with a PR of 1.15 (95% confidence intervals of 1.08-1.23), were the only two explanatory variables for alcohol consumption. Conclusions: Alcohol comsuption is more associated to social context and group integration than with individual behaviors |
| Disciplines | Medicina, Psicología |
| Paraules clau: | Salud pública, Toxicología, Psicología social, Consumo de alcohol, Factores asociados, Expectativas, Contexto social, Colombia |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Psychology, Public health, Toxicology, Social psychology, Alcohol consumption, Associated factors, Expectancies, Social context, Colombia |
| Text complet: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
