?Somliga vill ju inte dricka, men de dricker ju bara för att andra gör det?
En studie om ungdomars inställning till alkohol med nedslag i glesbygd och storstad
AimThe aim of this study was to try to understand youngsters and their attitude to alcohol in the countryside and in a large city. The questions at issue have been: How do youngsters from the countryside, who drink, and do not drink alcohol, view the school- family- and friendsituation? How do youngsters from a large city, who drink, and do not drink alcohol, view the school- family- and friendsituation? Can we understand youths? attitude to alcohol on basis of the factors: School, family and friends? Are there any differences and similarities?MethodInterviews have been implemented with four youngsters in a large city and in the countryside. To gain as much as possible from the interviews a questionnaire was distributed to two classes in year nine in the countryside, and one class in the large city. The interview material was analysed on the basis from earlier research and two theoretical models.ResultsAccording to the youngsters that drink, both in the countryside and the large city, the most common view in school was that high demands are put on the youngsters and that they should study more then they do. On the other hand, the ones that stated that they do not drink agreed to that it was easy to keep up with school and that they enjoyed school.Concerning the familysituation, individual differences are seen and no clear patterns are shown. Either separated- or parents that lives together seems to be risk- or protectionfactors in this study. On the contrary, parents? alcohol consumption seems to affect the youngsters? attitude to alcohol, even if not all of them see it that way. Friends have an important impact in the youngsters? alcohol consumption and their attitude to alcohol.ConclusionThe conclusion is that friends and family are factors that influence youngsters and their attitude to alcohol. The schools importance seems, on the other hand, to be fairly weak. There are differences and similarities between the youngsters? on the countryside and the large city; among other things, the associations they made to the words alcohol and party.