SOCIAL PERMITTIVITY, SPIRITUALITY AND INTAKE OF ALCOHOLIC DRINKS IN ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

Alcohol consumption is considered a growing public health problem, contributing significantly to the global burden of disease. Objective: To analyze the relationship of social permissiveness, spirituality, and the intake of alcoholic beverages in adolescents. A descriptive correlational study was carried out in 213 adolescents of a public institution of basic education in Ciudad del Carmen Campeche. For the collection of information, the Social Permittance scale and the Spirituality Scale were used, the capture and analysis was performed in the SPSS V 21 statistical program through descriptive and inferential statistics. As a result, we have that adolescents consider that their friends think it is wrong to get drunk (80.8%) and get high (79.3%), but also 62% said they have a family member who drinks until they get drunk. Regarding spirituality, 79.3% consider that if they have faith in a power greater than the same, 70.5% believe that there is a spiritual force that can help them with their problems and 54% consider that meditating or praying helps them a lot. A positive and significant relationship of social permissiveness and alcohol consumption (rs = .194, p = .007) and a negative relationship of spirituality and alcoholic beverage intake (rs = -. 190, p =. 009). These findings highlight the influence of certain variables that should be considered for the design and implementation of nursing interventions and reduce the biological, psychological, and social damage in the short, medium, and long term.

Keywords

• permissiveness
• spirituality
• alcohol intake
• adolescent