Abstract
O consumo de bebidas alcoólicas tem sofrido alterações assim como os fatores que o influenciam. Com o objetivo de perceber o papel do sentido no padrão de consumo de bebidas alcoólicas, realizou-se estudo, numa amostra de jovens adultos (N=260) com idade entre 20 e 30 anos, em Lisboa. Os instrumentos utilizados foram o The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test e o Questionário do Sentido de Coerência. Os resultados mostram que 10,8% têm problemas de consumo de álcool. Os que têm sentido de coerência mais baixo, principalmente na dimensão capacidade de investimento, apresentam mais consumo nocivo e de risco. Conclui-se que a promoção de comportamentos de saúde deve incluir medidas que visem o fortalecimento do sentido de coerência.
Highlights
Excessive alcohol consumption is considered by the World Health Organization as a major threat to global public health
The sum is greater than 100% as there are students who reported more than one source of financial support
This is a stage where young people get education and training necessary for their future careers[21] and where there is a use of alcohol during this important transition, may hinder the success of developmental tasks. It is during the first decades of life, according to Antonovsky (1987)(14), the individual begins to position themselves to view the stimuli from the middle, to identify the resources available to deal with the events of the day, and to distinguish from these, which ones are worthy of their investment and commitment. For this author the individual goes through a continuous process in which, throughout their life, will be faced with two poles of this continuum, one pole being health and the other disease; because they are continually exposed to stimuli originating from the middle, which is necessary for the realization of choices that allow them to remain closer to the pole of health
Summary
Excessive alcohol consumption is considered by the World Health Organization as a major threat to global public health. The world’s highest level of alcohol consumption is in Europe, with about 23 million Europeans (5% of men, 1% of women) dependent on alcohol[1]. This fact becomes more worrying if we take into account the increase in risky consumption throughout Europe in the younger population, Portugal without exception. With regards to consumption patterns, until a few years ago, it was mostly males, and they preferred to drink wine and beer. Their use was initiated around 15 years old, and, in boys, the onset was earlier[3]. According to a literature review conducted by Barroso, Barbosa e Mendes[4], the consumption of alcoholic beverages increases progressively with age and the beginning of the consumption is on average 12 years old, verifying identical percentages www.eerp.usp.br/resmad
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