University student’s perception changed by permissive demonstration of alcohol consumption
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2013, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
<b>Aim. </b>Alcohol consumption is widely accepted among young adults. Understanding factors that influence this habit is inevitable. We report attitude changes among university students after a short movie demonstration on permissive alcohol consumption.<br><b>Material and methods.</b> Data about drinking, socio-demographic, lifestyle factors, and subjective ratings of certain statements were obtained by a questionnaire based survey in a sample of 258 university students (128 men and 130 women) of four Hungarian universities. Participants were randomly divided into exposed and non-exposed groups. The exposed ones watched a movie suggesting positively alcohol consumption before self-administering the questionnaire. Statistically significant differences between the two groups were analysed by Pearson chi-square probe (p < 0.05).<br><b>Results.</b> 93.4% of the students are consuming alcohol regularly. Agreement rate with permissive statements related to alcohol consumption were significantly higher among exposed responders confirmed by controlling for socio-demographic and lifestyle covariates.<br><b>Conclusions. </b>Positive featuring of alcohol consumption had a strong effect on the students’ attitudes.
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Andras Terebessy, Maria Herincs, Ferenc Horvath, Péter Balázs
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