Social and Cultural Factors Influencing of Not-Drink and Riding Behavior of Male Adolescents in Laket Sub-district of Buriram Province

Abstract

This research was a descriptive research aimed at studying drinking and not riding behavior and factors influencing the drinking and not riding behavior of male adolescents. The sample consisted of 250 male adolescents residing in the Lakkhet Sub-district, Buriram Province aged between 15-24 years who used a motorcycle as a means of transportation selected by using simple random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires. Data were analyzed by using statistics namely, frequency and percentage. Logistic regression analysis was also used.

The results of the study showed that: 1) The drinking and not riding behavior: during the past 1 month, 36.8% of the samples had never had a drunken riding behavior, 37.2% had infrequent drunken driving behavior, and 50.8% had low-risk alcohol consumption levels (low-risk drinkers). 2) The factors influencing the drinking and not riding behavior were knowledge, attitude, and perception of friend influence, perception of laws influence, traffic rules, and media influences. The factors influencing the drinking and not riding behavior of adolescents can be predicted as 0.39, 193.68, 2.93, 19.28, and 0.37 times, respectively. These four factors together predicted 93.60 % of the drinking and not riding behavior. In addition, the samples opined that legal measures should be taken seriously and consistently to make adolescents have the drinking and not riding behavior when drinking alcohol.   

The results of this study can be used as basic information for organizing activities to promote drinking and not riding behavior among male adolescents in the Lakkhet sub-district. Buriram Province.