Alcohol-related risks for Slovene secondary school students on graduation trips : ten years later

Sande, Matej (author)

The purpose of the research was to study the characteristics of risky alcohol use and alcohol-related risky behaviour of Slovene secondary school students attending graduation trips in the period of ten years (in 2007 and in 2017). We used the questionnaire from the first research study which we modified with questions addressing sexual behaviour of adolescents. The final sample included 371 students of the last years of secondary school (44.9% of boys and 55.1% of girls, the mean age was 17.8 years) attending graduation trips. The sample was unrepresentative and based on self-selection. Both research studies gave comparable results in the categories of alcohol use and risky alcohol use before the trip. The most notable increase was seen in the categories of lifetime prevalence and frequency of use of marijuana. The most common alcohol-related risks remain property damage, accidents, and issues arising from relations with friends. In addition to that, the following categories stand out: sharing embarrassing photos via social media, establishing sexual contacts which would not take place if sober, and unwanted sexual experiences. Almost half of them consumed alcohol before the last sexual intercourse. In the last decade, graduation trips have retained the status of specific environments, in which, compared with the period before the trip, the use of alcohol is characterised by greater risks for a higher percentage of adolescents. Given the results, the recommendations focus on interventions aimed at reducing specific risks related to the use of alcohol on graduation trips.

• Language: English
• Keywords: alcohol, secondary school graduation trips, alcohol-related risks, adolescents, binge drinking
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 125-136
• Numbering: Vol. 57, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-128006
• UDC: 613.81-053.6
• ISSN on article: 2671-2008
• DOI: 10.20471/dec.2021.57.02.01
• COBISS.SI-ID: 66362883

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Note

KLJUČNE BESEDE: maturantski izleti, tveganja, alkohol

• Publication date in RUL: 17.08.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Archives of psychiatry research
• Shortened title: Arch. psychiatry res.
• Publisher: University Hospital Center Sestre milosrdnice, Department of Psychiatry
• ISSN: 2671-2008
• COBISS.SI-ID: 56216579

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Secondary language

• Language: Croatian
• Title: S alkoholom povezani rizici na maturalnim putovanjima učenika slovenskih strukovnih škola: deset godina poslije

Abstract

Svrha istraživanja je bila istražiti karakteristike rizične uporabe alkohola i s alkoholom povezanog rizičnog ponašanja učenika srednjih škola u Sloveniji koji su polazili na maturantska putovanja u 2007 i 2017. Koristili smo upitnik iz prve istraživačke studije kojeg smo nadgradili s pitanjima o seksualnim ponašanjem adolescenata. Konačni uzorak obuhvatio je 371 učenika posljednjih godina srednje škole (44,9% dječaka i 55,1% djevojčica, prosječna dob 17,8 godina) koji su pohađali maturantska putovanja. Uzorak je bio nereprezentativan i zasnovan je na samoselekciji. Obje istraživačke studije dale su usporedive rezultate u kategorijama konzumiranja alkohola i rizičnoj uporabi alkohola prije puta. Najznačajnije povećanje zabilježeno je u kategorijama životne prevalencije i učestalosti korištenja marihuane. Najčešći rizici povezani s alkoholom ostaju oštećenje imovine, nesreće i problemi koji proizlaze iz odnosa s prijateljima. Pored toga, ističu se i sljedeće kategorije: dijeljenje neugodnih fotografija putem društvenih medija, uspostavljanje seksualnih kontakata koji se ne bi dogodili ako bi bili trijezni i neželjena seksualna iskustva. Gotovo polovica njih konzumirala je alkohol prije posljednjeg spolnog odnosa. U posljednjem desetljeću, maturantska putovanja zadržala su status specifičnih okruženja u kojima, u usporedbi s razdobljem prije putovanja, uporabu alkohola karakteriziraju veći rizici za veći postotak adolescenata. S obzirom na rezultate, preporuke se usredotočuju na intervencije usmjerene na smanjenje specifičnih rizika vezanih uz uporabu alkohola na maturantskim putovanjima.

• Keywords: alkohol, maturalna putovanja, alkoholni rizici, adolescent, binge pijenje