Motivadores para el consumo de alcohol en adolescentes de bachillerato de la Unidad Educativa Chiquintad en Cuenca

Abstract

The objective of this research was to identify the motivators for teens baccalaureate Education Unit Chiquintad consume alcohol. The study lasted from July 2015 to January 2016. It was a descriptive study, no experimental cross section. The universe was composed of 350 adolescents of high school in the 2015-2016 school year. The sample for this study was 92 teenagers. The technique used for data collection was the questionnaire "Scale of attitudes and habits of alcohol consumption." Data processing was performed using SPSS-23 statistical program. Charts and graphs were made to interpret the information gathered, draft conclusions and recommendations. Within our research identified the main motivators for drinking by adolescents are of individual and social, being the main type of social, and referred to the influence of family and peers, in the initiation and maintenance of consumption alcohol by teens, by the proximity between them.