Health and behavioral factors associated with binge drinking among university students in nine ASEAN countries

SOURCE: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Yi, C.Ngin, K.Peltzer, S.Pengpid
KEYWORDS: DRINKING BEHAVIOUR, HEALTH, RISK BEHAVIOUR, STUDENTS (COLLEGE), SUBSTANCE ABUSE
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9824
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/10986
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/10986

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Abstract

Heavy drinking among university students has been globally recognized as a major public health burden. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, studies on this issue have been scant, country-specific and in different time frames. The aim of this study was to identify social and behavioral factors associated with binge drinking among university students in nine ASEAN countries. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015 among 8809 undergraduate university students from 13 universities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam using self-administered questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore the associated factors. Results: More than half (62.3%) of the study sample were female with a mean age of 20.5 (SD = 2.0) years. Of total, 12.8% were infrequent (