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标题：Reasons for Drinking Alcohol and Their Relation to Sexual Behaviours among Young Portuguese People
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作者：Marta Reis ; Gina Tomé ; Lúcia Ramiro 等
期刊名称：Open Journal of Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2327-5952
电子版ISSN：2327-5960
出版年度：2021
卷号：9
期号：8
页码：12-28
DOI：10.4236/jss.2021.98002
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Alcohol consumption is considered one of the factors with the greatest impact on health. In turn, the use/abuse of alcohol also presents itself as one of the main factors responsible for the involvement in sexual risk behaviours by young people. Therefore, understanding the main reasons that lead young people to consume alcohol is essential to invest in promoting their health and preventing sexual risk behaviours. This paper aims to study the validation of the Portuguese version of the DMQ-R SF in young people aged between 18 and 24 years old and to understand whether the reasons for drinking alcohol are associated with sexual risk behaviours and characteristics of groups of young people. The study includes 1166 young people, with an average age of 21.1 years (SD = 1.92), 72.3% being female. Most participants reported having drunk alcohol in the last 12 months (78.4%) and having had sexual intercourse (89.6%). More than one third of the participants reported having had sexual intercourse under the influence of alcohol or other drugs (39.2%) and 23.5% reported having occasional sexual partners. The reasons for drinking alcohol can be broken down into four types, namely personal satisfaction (enjoyment), social reasons (socialization), social integration (peer pressure), and reasons for dealing with uneasy situations or to overcome difficulties and relieve feelings that generate unease (coping). Regarding sexual behaviours, a significant relationship was found between the reasons for drinking alcohol and the two previously mentioned sexual risk behaviours, suggesting the need for the development of public policies aimed at education and health promotion of young people, including the implementation of educational practices in the academic environment, in the community and in health units.
关键词：Alcohol Consumption;Reasons for Drinking Alcohol;Sexual Behaviours;Youth;Health Promotion