SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG ADOLESCENTS FROM GENERAL PUEYRREDÓN AND NEARBY AREAS

Authors

  • Natalie Salerno Universidad Atlántida Argentina. Facultad de Psicología, Sede Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires. Argentina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6102-0580
  • Germán Rodolfo Barrios Universidad Atlántida Argentina. Facultad de Psicología, Sede Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires. Argentina
  • Rocío Gómez Miraglia Universidad Atlántida Argentina. Facultad de Psicología, Sede Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires. Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8303058

Keywords:

Problematic consumption, Expectations associated, Adolescence

Abstract

Problematic alcohol consumption refers to the behaviour of abuse of toxic substances (legal and illegal) that affects different areas of the consumer's life (Law 26,934, 2014). In Argentina, it is estimated that the onset of alcoholic beverage consumption is around 13 years of age (Ministry of Health, 2022), and worldwide, it has been proven that the associated positive expectations directly influence consumption (Ahumada -Cortez et al., 2018). Faced with this scenario, the interest to know the expectations associated with alcohol consumption by adolescents from the General Pueyrredón District and surroundings have arisen. For this purpose, a quantitative study of descriptive scope was developed in a sample of 227 adolescents who answered the Questionnaire on Expectations towards Alcohol for Adolescents in Argentina (Pilatti et al., 2010). A slight positive trend was found between the positive expectations, with no differences according to gender, age and type of schooling, and a slightly negative trend concerning negative expectations, with significant differences according to gender. These results allow us to infer that the adolescents surveyed positively associate alcohol consumption with sociability and, among them; some males consider that alcohol induces them to commit risky or aggressive attitudes.

Author Biographies

Natalie Salerno, Universidad Atlántida Argentina. Facultad de Psicología, Sede Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires. Argentina

Doctora en Psicología UFLO; Lic. en Psicología UNMDP; Docente investigadora e Integrante de la Unidad de Investigación de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Atlántida Argentina; Integrante del Grupo de Investigación en Psicología Jurídica (GIPJURI) de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata.

Germán Rodolfo Barrios, Universidad Atlántida Argentina. Facultad de Psicología, Sede Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires. Argentina

Licenciado en Psicología, UBA; Director: Proyecto de Investigación; Titular de Historia de la Psicología. UAA; Titular Psicología Social UAA; Jurado de tesis UAA; Tutor de Tesis UBA; profesor UBA.

Rocío Gómez Miraglia, Universidad Atlántida Argentina. Facultad de Psicología, Sede Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires. Argentina

Estudiante avanzada de Psicología y auxiliar de investigación de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Atlántida Argentina.

Published

2023-07-28

How to Cite

Salerno, N., Barrios, G. R., & Gómez Miraglia, R. (2023). SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG ADOLESCENTS FROM GENERAL PUEYRREDÓN AND NEARBY AREAS. Difusiones, 24(24), 5–15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8303058