The journal article was written by Jon Heron, John Macleod, Marcus R. Munafò, Roberto Melotti, Glyn Lewis, Kate Tilling and Matthew Hickman. The group affiliates themselves with the University of Bristol: School of Experimental Psychology and School of Social and Community Medicine. The article was published in Alcohol and Alcoholism on November 28, 2011.
The article mainly tries to find the best factor of incresing drinking rates amongst UK teenagers. The study was due to the overwhelming data that showcased UK teenager (as young as 12 and old as 16) to be the heaviest drinker and an increased risk liver disease. It is most likely aimed towards government official and parents; although the study has a less likely chance of falling into the hands of a parent. The researcher rely totally on “compromised participants from the Avon Longitudinal; Study of Parents and Children (ALPSPAC)” (Heron et al., 2011, p156). Researchers interview the participants over a total of year 4-5 years, depending on situation. They find participants who are more likely to drink, those in broken homes or those who don’t go to school. They follow and document the child’s drinking pattern both in amount of consumption and frequency of consumption. It is important to know the amount of alcohol consumed and how often the alcohol is consumed. The results of the study determine that “53.2% were classified as low frequencies drinking…32.5% were classified occasional drinking… and 14.2% were classified high frequency drinking” (Heron et al., 2011, p171). The study also found “58.8% were low consumption… 32.3% were in the medium consumption class… and the high consumption class 0f 8.9% consumed to higher level throughout the time period” ((Heron et al., 2011, ...
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