Risk Factors Related to Binge Drinking

Abstract

The characteristics of and risk factors associated with binge drinking among South Korean and American adolescents were identified in this study. Data on adolescents in the 9th to 12th grades were extracted from two nationwide data sets: the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey System and the U.S. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. Binge drinking was observed among 16% of American adolescents during the past month and among 11.6% of Korean adolescents during the past year. For adolescents from both countries, the following seven similar significant factors were associated with binge drinking: female gender, higher grade, fighting-related injury experience, current cigarette smoking, preteen smoking initiation, participation in team sports, and depression. Among Korean adolescents, higher or lower level of academic achievement and inadequate sleep were additional unique factors associated with binge drinking. These results could be useful for developing interventions for adolescents engaging in binge drinking in both countries.

Keywords

adolescents binge drinking lifestyle risk factors

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Bellis

M. A.

Qusigg

Hughes

Ashton

Ferris

Winstock

(2015). Harms from other people’s drinking: An international survey of their occurrence, impacts on feeling safe and legislation relating to their control. BMJ Open, 5, e010112. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010112

Black

L. F.

Monrouxe

L. V.

(2014). “Being sick a lot, often on each other”: Students’ alcohol-related provocation. Medical Education, 48, 268–279. doi:10.1111/medu.12300

Bujarski

Lau

A. S.

Lee

S. S.

Ray

L. A.

(2015). Genetic and environmental predictors of alcohol use in Asian American young adults. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76, 690–699. doi:10.15288/jsad.2015.76.690

Cao

Zhu

Yang

Chen

… Jing

. (2015). Association between sleep duration and obesity is age- and gender-dependent in Chinese urban children aged 6-18 years: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 15, 1029. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2359-0

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). The 2015 youth risk behavior surveillance system (YRBSS). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/results.htm

Chung

S. S.

Joung

K. H.

(2012). Risk factors related to suicidal ideation and attempted suicide: Comparative study of Korean and American youth. The Journal of School Nursing, 28, 448–458. doi:10.1177/1059840512446704

Chung

S. S.

Joung

K. H.

(2013). Risk factors of heavy episodic drinking among Korean adolescents. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 20, 665–671. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2850.2012.01954.x

Colby

S. L.

Ortman

J. M.

(2015). Projections of the size and composition of the U.S. population: 2014 to 2016. Retrieved from https://census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p25-1143.pdf

Courtney

K. E.

Polich

(2009). Binge drinking in young adults: Data, definitions, and determinants. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 142–156. doi:10.1037/a0014414

10.

Deutsch

A. R.

Steinley

Slutske

W. S.

(2014). The role of gender and friends’ gender on peer socialization of adolescent drinking: A prospective multilevel social network analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, 1421–1435. doi:10.1007/s10964-013-0048-9

11.

Dierker

Selya

Rose

Hedeker

Mermelstein

(2016). Nicotine dependence and alcohol problems from adolescence to young adulthood. Dual Diagnosis, 1, 9.

12.

Duranceaux

N. C.

Schuckit

M. A.

Luczak

S. E.

Eng

M. Y.

Carr

L. G.

Wall

T. L.

(2008). Ethnic differences in level of response to alcohol between Chinese Americans and Korean Americans. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69, 227–234.

13.

Edenberg

H. J.

(2007). The genetics of alcohol metabolism: Role of alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase variants. Alcohol Research & Health, 30, 5–13.

14.

Esser

M. B.

Clayton

Demissie

Kanny

Brewer

R. D.

(2017). Current and binge drinking among high school students—United States, 1991–2015. MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 66, 474–478. doi:10.15585/mmwr.mm6618a4

15.

Esser

M. B.

Hedden

S. L.

Kanny

Brewer

R. D.

Gfroerer

J. C.

Naimi

T. S.

(2014). Prevalence of alcohol dependence among US adult drinkers, 2009–2011. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11, E206. doi:10.5888/pcd11.140329

16.

Giedd

J. N.

(2004). Structural magnetic resonance imaging of the adolescent brain. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1021, 77–85. doi:10.1196/annals.1308.009

17.

Graham

Bernards

Knibbe

Kairouz

Kuntsche

Wilsnack

S. C.

… Gmel

. (2011). Alcohol-related negative consequences among drinkers around the world. Addiction, 106, 1391–1405. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03425.x

18.

Guerri

Pascual

(2010). Mechanisms involved in the neurotoxic, cognitive, and neurobehavioral effects of alcohol consumption during adolescence. Alcohol, 44, 15–26. doi:10.1016/j.alcohol.2009.10.003

19.

Hendershot

C. S.

Dillworth

T. M.

Neighbors

George

W. H.

(2008). Differential effects of acculturation on drinking behavior in Chinese- and Korean- American college students. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 69, 121–128.

20.

Iwamoto

D. K.

Kaya

Grivel

Clinton

(2016). Under-researched demographics: Heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related problems Among Asian Americans. Alcohol Research, 38, 17–25.

21.

Javaheri

Storfer-Isser

Rosen

C. L.

Redline

(2008). Sleep quality and elevated blood pressure in adolescents. Circulation, 118, 1034–1040. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.766410

22.

Kane

J. C.

Damian

A. J.

Fairman

Bass

J. K.

Iwamoto

D. K.

Johnson

R. M.

(2017). Differences in alcohol use patterns between adolescent Asian American ethnic groups: Representative estimates from the national survey on drug use and health 2002–2013. Addictive behaviors, 64, 154–158. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.045

23.

Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015). Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey System (KYRBS), 2015. Retrieved from http://yhs.cdc.go.kr

24.

Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2017). 2016 National health statistics. Retrieved from http://cdc.go.kr/CDC/contents/CdcKrContentView.jsp?cid=60949&menuIds=HOME001-MNU1130-MNU1639-MNU1749-MNU1761

25.

Korea Legislation Research Institute. (2016). Juvenile protection act. Retrieved from https://elaw.klri.re.kr/kor_service/lawView.do?hseq=38401&

26.

Miech

R. A.

Johnston

L. D.

O’Malley

P. M.

Bachman

J. G.

Schulenberg

J. E.

Patrick

M. E.

(2017). Monitoring the future national survey results on drug use, 1975–2016. Volume I: Secondary school students. Retrieved from http://www.monitoringthefuture.org//pubs/monographs/mtf-vol1_2016.pdf

27.

Mokdad

A. H.

Forouzanfar

M. H.

Daoud

Mokdad

A. A.

El Bcheraoui

Moradi-Lakeh

… Murray

C. J.

(2016). Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people’s health during 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2013. Lancet, 387, 2383–2401. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00648-6

28.

Nagata

J. M.

Hathi

Ferguson

B. J.

Hindin

M. J.

Yoshida

Ross

D. A.

(2018). Research priorities for adolescent health in low- and middle-income countries: A mixed-methods synthesis of two separate exercises. Journal of Global Health, 8, 010501. doi:10.7189/jogh.08.010501

29.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (2007). Alcohol metabolism: An update. Retrieved from https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa72/AA72.pdf

30.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (2017). Women and alcohol. Retrieved from https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/womensfact/womensFact.pdf

31.

Nguyen-Louie

T. T.

Brumback

Worley

M. J.

Colrain

I. M.

Matt

G. E.

Squeglia

L. M.

… Tapert

S. F

. (2018). Effects of sleep on substance use in adolescents: A longitudinal perspective. Addiction biology, 23, 750–760. doi:10.1111/adb.12519

32.

Patrick

M. E.

Schulenberg

J. E.

(2013). Prevalence and predictors of adolescent alcohol use and binge drinking in the United States. Alcohol Research, 35, 193–200.

33.

Patrick

M. E.

Schulenberg

J. E.

Martz

M. E.

Maggs

J. L.

O’Malley

P. M.

Johnston

L. D.

(2013). Extreme binge drinking among 12th-grade students in the United States: Prevalence and predictors. JAMA Pediatrics, 167, 1019–1025. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2392

34.

Pengpid

Peltzer

(2012). Alcohol use and associated factors among adolescent students in Thailand. The West Indian Medical Journal, 61, 890–896.

35.

Sacks

J. J.

Gonzales

K. R.

Bouchery

E. E.

Tomedi

L. E.

Brewer

R. D.

(2015). 2010 National and state costs of excessive alcohol consumption. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 49, e73–e79. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2015.05.031

36.

Schulte

M. T.

Ramo

Brown

S. A.

(2009). Gender differences in factors influencing alcohol use and drinking progression among adolescents. Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 535–547. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2009.06.003

37.

Siqueira

Smith

V. C.

, & Committee on Substance Abuse. (2015). Binge drinking. Pediatrics, 136, e718–e726. doi:10.1542/peds.2015-2337

38.

Statistics Korea. (2015). Projections of composition of Korean population. Retrieved from http://kostat.go.kr/smart/news/file_dn.jsp?aSeq=347102&ord=1

39.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2017). Key substance use and mental health indicators in the United States: Results from the 2016 national survey on drug use and health. Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FFR1-2016/NSDUH-FFR1-2016.pdf

40.

Terry-McElrath

Y. M.

O’Malley

P. M.

& Johnston

L. D.

(2011). Exercise and substance use among American youth, 1991–2009. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40, 530–540. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2010.12.021

41.

U.S. Census Bureau. (2018a). Quick facts United States: Population estimates, July 1, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045217#qf-headnote-a

42.

U.S. Census Bureau. (2018b). Asian and Pacific Islander population in the United States. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/2018/comm/2018-api.pdf

43.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, & Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2017). Report to congress on the prevention and reduction of underage drinking. Retrieved from: https://alcoholpolicy.niaaa.nih.gov/sites/default/files/imce/users/u1743/stop_act_rtc_2017.pdf

44.

Varela

Pritchard

M. E.

(2011). Peer influence: Use of alcohol, tobacco, and prescription medications. Journal of American College Health, 59, 751–756. doi:10.1080/07448481.2010.544346

45.

Wang

Chung

Y. J.

(2018). Genetic structure, divergence and admixture of Han Chinese, Japanese and Korean populations. Hereditas, 155, 19. doi:10.1186/s41065-018-0057-5

46.

Wernette

M. J.

Emory

(2017). Student bedtimes, academic performance, and health in a residential high school. The Journal of School Nursing, 33, 264–268. doi:10.1177/1059840516677323

47.

Whiteford

H. A.

Degenhardt

Murray

C. J.

Vos

Lopez

A. D.

(2014). Commentary: Improving the mental health and substance use estimates in the global burden of disease study: Strengthening the evidence base for public policy. International Journal of Epidemiology, 43, 296–301. doi:10.1093/ije/dyu052

48.

Wong

M. M.

Robertson

G. C.

Dyson

R. B.

(2015). Prospective relationship between poor sleep and substance-related problems in a national sample of adolescents. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 39, 355–362. doi:10.1111/acer.12618

49.

Zhang

M. W. B.

Tran

B. X.

Nguyen

H. L. T.

H. T.

Long

N. H.

H. T.

… Ho

R. C

(2017). Using online respondent driven sampling for Vietnamese youths’ alcohol use and associated risk factors. Healthcare Informatics Research, 23, 109–118. doi:10.4258/hir.2017.23.2.109