Abstract

ARIAS ZAPATA, Francisco Javier; CALDERON VALLEJO, Gustavo Adolfo; CANO BEDOYA, Víctor Hugo  and  CASTANO PEREZ, Guillermo Alonso. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND RISK FACTORS IN STUDENTS OF TWO COLOMBIAN UNIVERSITIES. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2012, vol.12, n.1, pp.127-141. ISSN 1657-8031.

The objective of the current research was to identify the risk factors associated to alcohol consumption of Colombian University students. 397 women and 312 men, students from two private and Catholic universities in the city of Medellín (Colombia) took part in it. The results identified as risk factors the difficulties to say 'no' to the people (p=0.012) and the consumption of psychoactive substances by members of the family (p=0.022).

Keywords : Risk Factors; Alcohol Consumption; Abuse, and Dependence.

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