Abstract:
Alcohol drinking affects adolescents in terms of their physical, mental, and social
aspects. This research aimed to study factors associated with intention to alcohol avoidance
among vocational students. There were 120 students who were recruited using stratified random
sampling. Data were collected from May to June 2017. The Research instruments included
1) personal information 2) attitudes towards alcohol 3) media consumption behavior with
intelligence 4) peer group influence 5) optimism 6) Intention to alcohol avoidance. Their
Cronbach,
s alpha coefficients were .86, .84, .76, .83, and .78, respectively. Data were analyzed by
using descriptive statistic, Pearsons correlation coefficient.
The study results showed that the samples mean score of intention to alcohol
avoidance was at a high level (M = 21.47, SD = 4.29). The significant factors which significantly
and positively correlated with intention to alcohol avoidance among these students were the peer
group influence (r = .363, p < .001) and media consumption behavior with intelligence (r = .240,
p < .01)
These finding suggested that health care providers and those who work with these
adolescents should take into account the influence of peer group and media consumption behavior
with intelligence in order to promote their intention to alcohol avoidance.