ERIC Number: EJ1311713
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Oct
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
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Brief Underage Alcohol Use Screener Scores Predict Health Risk Behaviors
Tubman, Jonathan G.; Meca, Alan; Schwartz, Seth J.; Velazquez, Maria Rosa; Egbert, Andrew W.; Soares, Mary H.; Regan, Timothy
Journal of School Nursing, v37 n5 p323-332 Oct 2021
The aim of this study was to determine if adolescents' scores on a 2-item underage alcohol use screener predict risky consequences of past-year alcohol use and other health risk behaviors in a nonclinical, school-based sample of adolescents. A predominantly minority sample of 756 middle and high school students completed in-school tablet-based surveys on past-year underage alcohol use and a range of health risk behaviors. Higher scores for self alcohol risk and peer alcohol risk were associated with higher risk of past-year riding with a drunk driver and past 90-day measures of cigarette use, marijuana use, unplanned sex, and unprotected intercourse. The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Brief Alcohol Screener is a useful tool for school-based service providers, including school nurses, to identify and address the needs of adolescents at high risk of the development of alcohol use disorders, as well as a range of preventable health risk behaviors.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, At Risk Persons, Screening Tests, Predictor Variables, Health Behavior, Middle School Students, High School Students, Peer Influence, Smoking, Marijuana, Sexuality, Alcohol Abuse, Grade 6, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools; Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Grade 8; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida; Maryland
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