The correlation between self-confidence in refusing an invitation to drink alcohol and alcohol drinking behavior of undergraduate students of Rajabhat Mahasarakham University for academic year 2020

Abstract

          Objective :  To study the characteristics of  alcohol drinking behavior and correlation between self-confidence in refusing an invitation to drink alcohol and alcohol drinking behavior of undergraduate students of  Rajabhat Mahasarakham University  for academic year 2020.

          Methods : This is a descriptive research targeting undergraduate students of  Rajabhat Mahasarakham University. Snowball sampling was used. The sample size calculated by estimating a proportion was 187. 255 responses were received. The statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and statistical correlation of Pearson Chi square and Fisher exact.

          Results : 1) 146 (68.2%) were women, 102 (40.0%) were 19 years old., 2) 178 (69.8%) drank beer, 74 (29.0%), started drinking alcohol at 18 years old, 132 (51.8%) drank alcohol for social reasons, 205 (80.5%) drank alcohol with friends, and 99 (38.8%) drank alcohol at pubs. 3) friends’ invitations to hang out and drink alcohol at pubs correlated with students’ self-confidence in refusing drinking invitations and their alcohol drinking behavior with statistical significance of P-value 0.002 and 0.004 respectively.

          Conclusion : This shows that friends’ invitations to hang out and drink alcohol at pubs correlated with students’ self-confidence in refusing drinking invitations and their alcohol drinking behavior. Therefore, health education could increase self-confidence in refusing an invitation to drink alcohol and decrease alcohol drinking among students.