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Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students
BACKGROUND: We investigated the associations between symptoms of anxiety and depression and alcohol drinking behavior among adolescents, by focusing on the importance of symptom load, as well as gender differences. METHODS: Data was derived from a cross-sectional school based survey among adolescent...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28535753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4389-2 |
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author | Johannessen, Espen Lund Andersson, Helle Wessel Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon Pape, Kristine |
author_facet | Johannessen, Espen Lund Andersson, Helle Wessel Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon Pape, Kristine |
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description | BACKGROUND: We investigated the associations between symptoms of anxiety and depression and alcohol drinking behavior among adolescents, by focusing on the importance of symptom load, as well as gender differences. METHODS: Data was derived from a cross-sectional school based survey among adolescents in upper secondary schools in Norway. Among other variables adolescents reported on symptoms of anxiety and depression, time of onset and extent of alcohol use. The sample consisted of 6238 adolescents aged 16–18 years. We estimated prevalence of alcohol drinking behaviors in relation to severity of symptoms of anxiety and depression. RESULTS: Higher levels of depression symptoms were associated with earlier onset of alcohol use, more frequent consumption and intoxications. The associations between anxiety and depression symptoms and early drinking onset were stronger for girls than for boys. Higher levels of anxiety symptoms were only associated with alcohol consumption among girls. CONCLUSIONS: Boys and girls with depressive symptoms and girls with anxiety symptoms are more likely to have unhealthy patterns of alcohol drinking. Preventive strategies at all levels could possibly profit from a common approach to mental health and alcohol use, in particular for girls in mid-adolescence. |
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spelling | pubmed-54425922017-05-25 Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students Johannessen, Espen Lund Andersson, Helle Wessel Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon Pape, Kristine BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: We investigated the associations between symptoms of anxiety and depression and alcohol drinking behavior among adolescents, by focusing on the importance of symptom load, as well as gender differences. METHODS: Data was derived from a cross-sectional school based survey among adolescents in upper secondary schools in Norway. Among other variables adolescents reported on symptoms of anxiety and depression, time of onset and extent of alcohol use. The sample consisted of 6238 adolescents aged 16–18 years. We estimated prevalence of alcohol drinking behaviors in relation to severity of symptoms of anxiety and depression. RESULTS: Higher levels of depression symptoms were associated with earlier onset of alcohol use, more frequent consumption and intoxications. The associations between anxiety and depression symptoms and early drinking onset were stronger for girls than for boys. Higher levels of anxiety symptoms were only associated with alcohol consumption among girls. CONCLUSIONS: Boys and girls with depressive symptoms and girls with anxiety symptoms are more likely to have unhealthy patterns of alcohol drinking. Preventive strategies at all levels could possibly profit from a common approach to mental health and alcohol use, in particular for girls in mid-adolescence. BioMed Central 2017-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5442592/ /pubmed/28535753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4389-2 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Johannessen, Espen Lund Andersson, Helle Wessel Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon Pape, Kristine Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students |
title | Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students |
title_full | Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students |
title_fullStr | Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students |
title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students |
title_short | Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students |
title_sort | anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of norwegian secondary school students |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28535753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4389-2 |
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