@article{Hosiri_Sittisun_Limsricharoen_2016, title={Drinking Behavior and Its Prevalence in Grade 10th Students}, volume={61}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPAT/article/view/54830}, abstractNote={<p align="justify">ABSTRACT</p><p align="justify">Objectives<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">: </span></span></span><sub><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">To study the prevalence of alcohol drinking behavior among grade 10</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;">th </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia, UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia, UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">students in a northern province of Thailand and to explore factors associated with drinking behavior.</span></span></span></sub></p><p align="justify">Method <sub>:</sub><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia, UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia, UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><sub>A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 538 randomly sampled participants. The self-rated questionnaires included demographic data, drinking behavior, and The Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT). Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis.</sub> </span></span></span></p><p align="justify">Results<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">: <sub>The prevalence of alcohol drinking among grade 10</sub></span></span><sub><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;">th </span></span><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia, UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia, UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">students was 44.2%. The percentages of low-risk, hazardous, harmful, and high-risk alcohol drinking pattern were 67.9%, 22.8%, 3.8%, and 5.4%, respectively. Mean age of their first exposure to alcohol was 14.5 years old. Reasons for drinking were experiment, socializing and influenced by peers. The most popular type of alcohol was beer; the popular shops for sale alcohol were grocery and convenience stores; the popular drinking places were their peer’s house and their own house; and most of them had history of drinking in family. The factors associated with drinking behavior included male, GPA ≤ 3.00, divorced/ separated/widowed parents, lack of accountable tasks in their free time and history of drinking in family. </span></span></sub></span></p><p>Conclusion<span style="font-size: large;"><sub><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;">: Nearly a half to the grade 10</span></span><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: xx-small;">th </span></span></sub><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: UPC-Cordia,UPC-Cordia; font-size: large;"><sub>students have alcohol drinking. It was easy for them to buy alcohol and find a place to drink. Factors associated with drinking behavior were male gender, academic problem (GPA<3), parental broken relationship, lack of accountable tasks during free time and history of drinking in family.</sub> </span></span></span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of the Psychiatric Association of Thailand}, author={Hosiri, Tikumporn and Sittisun, Chuleekorn and Limsricharoen, Kanokwan}, year={2016}, month={Mar.}, pages={3–14} }