Measurement of potential predictors of drinking large amounts of alcohol among adolescents
| Predictor | Reported by | Age | Items | Answer categories | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social environmental factors | |||||
| Alcohol consumption mother | adolescent | 9 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Alcohol consumption father | adolescent | 9 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Alcohol problems in family noticeable to adolescent | parent | 9 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Alcohol consumption friends | adolescent | 11 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Attitude towards alcohol consumption in general in six different situations | parent | 9 | 6 | perfectly all right/usually all right/sometimes all right/never all right | |
| Mother’s attitude towards alcohol consumption adolescent | adolescent | 11 | 1 | strongly approves/approves/does not mind/disapproves/strongly disapproves | |
| Father’s attitude towards alcohol consumption adolescent | adolescent | 11 | 1 | strongly approves/approves/does not mind/disapproves/strongly disapproves | |
| Friends’ attitude towards alcohol consumption adolescent | adolescent | 11 | 1 | strongly approves/approves/does not mind/disapproves/strongly disapproves | |
| Have your parents told you anything about alcohol | adolescent | 11 | 1 | negative/neutral/positive/nothing | |
| Has school told you anything about alcohol | adolescent | 11 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Family relationships | parent | 9 | 27 | true/false | 43, 44 |
| Attachment to parents | adolescent | 13 | 12 | (almost) never/sometimes/often/(almost) always | 45 |
| Attachment to friends | adolescent | 13 | 12 | (almost) never/sometimes/often/(almost) always | 45 |
| I belong to organised groups, clubs or activities | adolescent | 11 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Recalled number of pro-alcohol messages in media | adolescent | 13 | 1 | any number | |
| Material environmental factors | |||||
| Child receives pocket money | parent | 11 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Number of children in family | parent | 11 | 1 | number of children | |
| Unemployment of the father in the past two years | parent | 13 | 1 | yes/no | |
| Individual factors | |||||
| Self esteem | adolescent | 11 | 10 | strongly agree/agree/disagree/strongly disagree | 46 |
| Fearfulness | parent | 11 | 5 | doesn’t apply/applies somewhat/certainly applies | 47 |
| Health locus of control | adolescent | 13 | 6 | strongly disagree/disagree/agree/strongly agree | 48, 49 |
| Behavioural problems | parent | 11 | 77 | doesn’t apply/applies somewhat/certainly applies | 50 |
| Attitude towards alcohol consumption | adolescent | 11 | 3 | strongly agree/agree little/disagree little/strongly disagree | |
| Attitude towards drunkenness | adolescent | 11 | 7 | strongly agree/agree little/disagree little/strongly disagree | |
| Achievement | |||||
| Performance at school | parent | 11 | 1 | average/below average/above average | |
| Intelligence (IQ) | adolescent | 11 | Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children | 51 | |