Review article
Attitudes and opinions of adults and secondary school leavers about the problems of alcoholism
Neven Duvnjak
orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-9823
; Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, Split
Jerolim Lenkić
; Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar, Split
Abstract
This article analyzes the alcohol-related attitude among adults and secondary school leavers from the Catholic point of view and sociographic theory. Adults show a tolerant attitude towards alcohol consumption, but those who are cautious and understand its negative sides are in a majority. They express tolerance when speaking about celebrations and alcoholism. Most adults do not need alcohol to earn recognition in society and they are ready to seek medical advice. They want to help the young to stop drinking alcohol, but a small number of them believe in prevention. Majority of them think that parental care is important for the young in pointing to the negative effects of alcohol. Much more women than men believe in the importance of prevention. Compared to adults, more secondary school leavers think that a celebration cannot pass without alcohol. A great majority of young people hold that one can earn recognition in society without alcohol and they differ from adults whom alcohol is more important to gain recognition. Most secondary school students think that a bad example of adults never affects their attitude towards alcohol. Also, most of them think that their care for health cannot help the adults to stop drinking alcohol. Secondary school leavers do not show a tendency to continuous prevention in the fight against alcoholism, but only occasionally. As for the age at which secondary school leavers start consuming alcohol, the results are devastating, as most of them start consuming alcohol at the age of 15 and 12 respectively. Other indicators refer to the relationship between sex and drinking alcohol. Secondary school girls mostly think that that it is possible to celebrate without drinking alcohol, unlike the boys whom these are almost synonyms. Girls start drinking later than boys (at the age of 15), while boys mostly start at the age of 12. There are also differences between the boys and girls regarding the place of residence. Much more young people from Vrgorac think that with their health care they can help adults to stop drinking, unlike the young people from Zagreb. Young people from Vrgorac start drinking later than the peers from Zagreb. The young from Vrgorac have more confidence in permanent prevention, while the young from Zagreb show tendency towards occasional prevention. Differences were also recorded between the school orientation and beginning of drinking alcohol, where the vocational school students, compared to grammar school students, show tendency to start consuming alcohol earlier (already at the age of 12).
Keywords
alcoholism; adults; secondary school leavers; reasons for drinking; prevention; time to start drinking
Hrčak ID:
199440
URI
Publication date:
26.3.2018.
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