PMID: 26793856Jan 23, 2016Paper

MANIFESTATIONS OF SELF-HARM IN RELATION WITH BINGE DRINKING TO STUDENTS FROM TIMIS COUNTY, ROMÂNIA

Revista medico-chirurgicală̆ a Societă̆ţ̜ii de Medici ş̧i Naturaliş̧ti din Iaş̧i
Iulia BagiuR Bagiu

Abstract

The research investigated the feeling of sadness, suicidal thoughts and plans associated with binge drinking among students in Timis County, Romania. We applied a transversal population study to the representative sample of 2076 students, 62.49% girls and 37.51% boys with a mean age of 21.09 years with SD 1.48. The boys practice binge drinking significantly more often than girls, the difference is small to medium: prevalence of 22.1% for boys and 8.7% girls, 1-2 times in the last month. Only girls who practice this behavior, increased frequency of engaging in binge drinking is associated with feelings of sadness, suicidal thoughts and suicide plans in a small measure, but significant.

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