Abstract
Aims: The aim of this study was to examine to what extent reported harms and risk behaviours related to alcohol use were associated with 15–16-year-old adolescents' frequency of alcohol drinking, subjective state of intoxication, self-control, and family factors such as parental control, family composition, and family's financial situation.Methods: Cross-sectional survey data from Finnish Self-Reported Delinquency Study were collected in 2008 (n = 5826).Results: The multivariate analyses indicate that drunkenness oriented drinking style was strongly associated with variety of alcohol-related harms. While physiological and social harms were especially connected with situational heavy drunkenness, delinquency and sexual risk-taking behaviour were associated with both drunkenness and frequency of alcohol drinking. Low self-control was associated most strongly with delinquency and sexual risk behaviour; whereas low parental control was related to social harms and delinquency.Conclusions: These findings should be taken into account when planning more comprehensive policies to reduce both alcohol drinking and related harms.
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