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- Involvement with alcohol, academic achievement and self-esteem of adolescents attending high schoolPublication . Ferreira, Manuela; Valente, Gonçalo; Duarte, João; Cabral, Lídia; Andrade, JoanaAbstract: Background: Alcohol consumption by adolescents is associated with experimental behaviors, with the "pressure" made by group peers and with the fun of responding to behavioral requirements of the group itself. Teenagers take the risk of, after a consumption trial period, increasing the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption causing repercussions on their health and academic performance. Objective: To analyze the relationship between involvement with alcohol, academic performance and self-esteem of adolescents attending high school. Methods: We resorted to a quantitative, cross-sectional, analytical, descriptive and correlational research model. 971 high school students from public and cooperative schools participated in the study. The evaluation protocol includes the sociodemographic questionnaire, the Scale Teens’ Involvement with Alcohol of [1] , the Reduced Questionnaire of Self-regulation [2] and the Questionnaire about expectations towards Alcohol to Adolescents [3] Results: Students aged from 14 to 21 years old, mostly boys (50.80%), aged under 16 (43.40%), living in rural areas (66.40%). We found that 42.60% of students had failed school years, mostly among boys (47.70%) than girls (37.40%). 62.00% had a positive feeling towards school, ie they "like" school, 32.00% demonstrated a sense of indifference towards school and 6.00% said They "don’t like" school. The majority (45.10%) reveals high expectations related to alcohol. Boys attending the 10th grade, who don’t like school and are habitual drinkers, revealed a higher level of global expectations regarding alcohol. 47.40% have good self-esteem. The highest level of self-esteem was registered among 17 years old boys, living in urban areas, with an average-high or high yield, with a weekly average value for personal expenses of 10 € to € 25, attending 12th grade and with abstinent or reduced expectations regarding alcohol. Regarding the involvement with alcohol, boys proved to be more involved, being mostly habitual drinkers without problems (75.30%). Students with 18 years old or more, with higher monetary values for personal expenses, attending 12th grade with history of previously failing school years and admitting they “don’t like” school also feature greater involvement with alcohol. Conclusion: The earlier is the experimentation of alcohol beverages, the higher is the probability of developing alcohol related problems during adolescence. School is one of the most privileged places to promote health education, facilitating changes in attitudes and behaviors related to alcohol consumption. Implementation and evaluation of a set of interventions in order to improve the relationship between adolescents and schools, particularly in terms of psychological context variables (self-esteem, self-concept and self-regulated behavior), seem to be equally important.
- Smoking habits in adolescence: Educating to preventPublication . Ferreira, Manuela; Baptista, Isabel; Duarte, João; Cabral, Lídia; Nunes, João Pedro; Andrade, JoanaThe onset of smoking occurs most often in schools, based on socially enabling representations, but predictors of unhealthy lifestyles. In this context, we aimed to characterize the teenage consumer of tobacco profile attending secondary school. Materials and method Conducting a quantitative, descriptive, correlational, analytical and cross-sectional study in a sample of 971 adolescents aged between 14 and 21 years, with implementation of socio-demographic questionnaire, of school context and lifestyles; Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Romano, Negreiro & Martins, 2007); Clinical Inventory of Selfconcept (Vaz Serra, 1984) and Tobacco Consumption Scale (Precioso, 2007). Results The students, aged between 14 and 21, are part of families of medium-high or high yield (56.70%), most are attending the 10th year 38.60%, seconded by the 11th year with 31.50%. We verified that 62.00% of students have positive feelings ("like") in relation to school, 32.00% are indifferent and 6.0% showed negative feelings ("do not like"). The very large majority of adolescents (82.60%) spend less than 30 minutes in travel time to school and only 17.40% take 30 minutes or more on the trip. We verified that 42.60% of students have in their school career one or more flunk, occurring in higher percentage of boys than in girls (47.70% versus 37.40%). In our sample (58.70%) of the adolescents reported that their parents are always available to help with regard to school work and 23.90% consider that it happens often. We found that the usual adolescent smokers reported being influenced by another family member (65.3%), girlfriend/boyfriend (40.8%), and the father (37.0%). As for peer influence we found that 68.0% of current smokers and 56.4% of occasional smokers hang out with three or more smoker friends. The supply of cigarettes happens with a higher prevalence in coffees (73.0%), at school (71.1%) and disco/clubs (56.2%). Conclusion There are several factors associated with the initiation of tobacco consumption, especially among them the peer pressure and parental influence. The more smokers surround adolescents the higher the probability of them starting tobacco consumption. The data points to the need to implement preventive actions in family and in school, promoting in adolescents a healthy lifestyle.