ASPECTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Abstract:
Alcohol abuse is a strong factor contributing to moral deformity of the fragile and vulnerable personality of a teenager. Recommendation of consumption, even if moderate, involves the risk, with the advent of the drinking habit, for the teenager to shift from social pleasure of consumption to disinterest in themselves and going on to damage their health. Given that the first experience of alcohol consumption occurs in adolescence, many children risk becoming addicts, adopting a behaviour with adverse effects on their health. Using the anonymous survey method we investigated 728 high school students from 10 rural settlements in the Republic of Moldova aged between 15-19 years old, 416 boys and 312 girls. The prevalence of alcohol consumption was high, drunkenness was known by 51.6% of the respondents. The most consumed alcoholic beverages in the order of preferences enlisted by teenagers are beer, sparkling wine, and vodka and the access to them is relatively simple.
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