Sociological conditioning of alcohol intake: Puebla students case

Authors

  • Héctor Gutiérrez Sánchez El Colegio de México, Mexico.
  • Graciela Catalina Alatorre Cruz Instituto de Neurobiología at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.
  • Julia María Alatorre Cruz Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v22i63.1668

Keywords:

alcohol intake, students, alcoholism, youth, alcohol

Abstract

Currently, alcohol intake among students is mainly analyzed by a psychological approach with a highly epidemiological perspective. This paper aims to find some sociological determinants of this phenomenon, with special interest in therole of peer groups. To achieve these goals, a survey was conducted with nine hundred six students from Puebla. It was found that alcohol intake is determined by some “hanging out” that students usually do on weekends. In addition, it was discovered that these social events are only statistically related to enjoying the social interactions, regardless of social pressure (as the main alcohol-study perspective would suggest). These findings underline the importance of the social fact to explain alcohol intake.

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Author Biographies

Héctor Gutiérrez Sánchez, El Colegio de México, Mexico.

Ph on Social Science at El Colegio de México, Mexico.

Graciela Catalina Alatorre Cruz, Instituto de Neurobiología at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.

PhD on Psychology Student at Instituto de Neurobiología at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.

Julia María Alatorre Cruz, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.

PhD on Biological Sciences at Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.

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Published

2015-04-23

How to Cite

Gutiérrez Sánchez, H., Alatorre Cruz, G. C., & Alatorre Cruz, J. M. (2015). Sociological conditioning of alcohol intake: Puebla students case. Espiral Estudios Sobre Estado Y Sociedad (eISSN: 2594-021X), 22(63), 155-183. https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v22i63.1668

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 63: Espiral 63 (may-august 2015)

Section

Sociedad

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