Citation

Korte J, Pieterse ME, Postel MG, van Hoof JJ. Health Place 2012; 18(4): 892-897.

Affiliation

University of Twente, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; Tactus, Addiction Treatment Institute, Institutenweg 1, 7521 PH Enschede, The Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.02.010

PMID

22429488

Abstract

This study supports the hypothesis that the drinking setting can be an environmental risk factor for hazardous alcohol use. In a survey of Dutch adolescents (n=1516), alcohol consumption and participation in private peer group settings (PPSs), environments where adolescents meet and drink alcohol without direct adult supervision, were measured. After controlling for demographic variables, adolescents visiting PPSs as compared to non-visitors, appeared to have a significantly higher lifetime prevalence of alcohol use, average weekly consumption, and frequency of heavy episodic drinking. Moreover, accounting for school clustering, the frequency of PPS visits was associated with increased alcohol consumption.

Language: en