Abstract
Background. The Unplugged, a prevention intervention based on the Comprehensive Social Influence model, was implemented to reduce the risk of alcohol use in Czech adolescents.
We investigated the effect of the Unplugged on the reduction of drunkenness. Methods.
A randomized controlled prevention trial was conducted over 33 months. 1,874 6th-graders (mean age 11.82 years) completed the baseline testing. We compared self-reported drunkenness in control and intervention groups.
Using logistic regression we study relationship between drunkenness and other variables such as gender, peer and parents effect, leisure time, ideas of hurting oneself, safe sex and school grades. Results.
We find a significant effect of the Unplugged on the reduction of drunkenness. Male adolescents with unstructured leisure time activities and lower parents control report higher frequency of drunkenness.
Idea of hurting oneself and unsafe sex is also associated with higher risk of getting drunk. Conclusion.
We present evidence on the composition of risk profiles in adolescents who are engaged in high-risk alcohol consumption. Besides the intervention a screening tool should be used to identify adolescents who are eligible for complementary selective and/or indicated prevention interventions.
IN: Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2013, 48, (Suppl. 1), s. 38.