¶ … Drinking in Australia
Skeleton Brief
Trends in Underage Drinking
As children age the risk of alcohol use increases dramatically and by 16-years of age most have consumed alcohol within the last 30 days (Figure 1; Rowland et al., 2014).
Percentage of school-aged children in the state of Victoria who consumed alcohol within the last 30 days (adapted from Rowland et al., 2014).
Dangers of Underage Risky Drinking
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW, 2011) has defined risky drinking as the consumption of large amounts of alcohol within a short period of time (p. 75). The risks associated with risky drinking include damage to the gut and brain, cancer, psychological problems, physical injury, unsafe sex, illicit drug use, addiction, and legal problems.
Risk Factors
Pitkanen (2006) reviewed the research literature concerning risk factors for underage drinking and found that most fit into two categories: (1) Family and (2) socio-emotional (Table 1).
Table 1.
Risk factors for underage drinking (Pitkanen, 2006).
Category
Risk Factors
Family
Parental substance use disorder
Socio-economic status
Parental/family dysfunction
Domestic violence
Genetic predisposition
Socio-Emotional
Antisocial behavior
Impulsivity/poor emotional control
Poor academic performance
Social influences
Neighborhood characteristics
Stress
Conceptualizing the Problem
Human brains develop in important ways throughout childhood and during the first years of adulthood (AACAP, 2011). For example, the part of the brain responsible for generating instinct-driven, fear-based, aggressive behaviors (amygdala) matures earlier than the part of the brain responsible for controlling these behaviors in a socially responsible way (frontal cortex). This explains why parents have a hard time understanding teen tendencies to be impulsive, irrational, and engage in risky behaviors, since the adult frontal cortex is fully...
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