Regional abundance of on-premise outlets and drinking patterns among Swiss young men: District level analyses and geographic adjustments

Mariana Astudillo; Hervé Kuendig; Adriana Centeno-Gil; Matthias Wicki; Gerhard Gmel

doi:10.1111/dar.12149

Regional abundance of on-premise outlets and drinking patterns among Swiss young men: District level analyses and geographic adjustments

Drug and Alcohol Review ◽

10.1111/dar.12149 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 526-533 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mariana Astudillo ◽

Hervé Kuendig ◽

Adriana Centeno-Gil ◽

Matthias Wicki ◽

Gerhard Gmel

Keyword(s):

Young Men ◽

District Level ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Regional Abundance

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The Variability of Drinking Patterns and Problems among Young Men, Age 16–31: A Longitudinal Study

International Journal of the Addictions ◽

10.3109/10826088509047250 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 20 (11-12) ◽

pp. 1595-1620 ◽

Cited By ~ 55

Author(s):

Mark T. Temple ◽

Kaye Middleton Fillmore

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Young Men ◽

Drinking Patterns

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Intelligence, alcohol consumption, and adverse consequences. A study of young Norwegian men

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1177/1403494820944719 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 140349482094471

Author(s):

Adrian F. Rogne ◽

Willy Pedersen ◽

Tilmann Von Soest

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Family Background ◽

Young Men ◽

Population Based ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Drinking Frequency ◽

Lower Intelligence ◽

Intelligence Test Scores ◽

Intelligence Scores ◽

Alcohol Related Problems

Aims: Research suggests that intelligence is positively related to alcohol consumption. However, some studies of people born around 1950, particularly from Sweden, have reported that higher intelligence is associated with lower consumption and fewer alcohol-related problems. We investigated the relationships between intelligence, alcohol consumption, and adverse consequences of drinking in young men from Norway (a neighboring Scandinavian country) born in the late 1970s. Methods: This analysis was based on the population-based Young in Norway Longitudinal Study. Our sample included young men who had been followed from their mid-teens until their late 20s ( n = 1126). Measures included self-reported alcohol consumption/intoxication, alcohol use disorders (AUDIT), and a scale measuring adverse consequences of drinking. Controls included family background, parental bonding, and parents’ and peers’ drinking. Intelligence test scores—scaled in 9 “stanines” (population mean of 5 and standard deviation of 2)—were taken from conscription assessment. Results: Men with higher intelligence scores reported average drinking frequency and slightly fewer adverse consequences in their early 20s. In their late 20s, they reported more frequent drinking than men with lower intelligence scores (0.30 more occasions per week, per stanine, age adjusted; 95% CI: 0.12 to 0. 49). Intelligence was not associated with intoxication frequency at any age and did not moderate the relationships between drinking frequency and adverse consequences. Conclusions: Our results suggest that the relationship between intelligence and drinking frequency is age dependent. Discrepancies with earlier findings from Sweden may be driven by changes in drinking patterns.

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