Early adolescent alcohol consumption and self-concept, social class and knowledge of alcohol.

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The relationship between alcohol consumption and self-concept, social class and knowledge about alcohol in 7th- and 8th-grade students (388), was studied. There were 115 male and 113 female abstainers, 36 male and 34 female infrequent users of alcohol and 32 male and 38 female frequent users. The Tennesee Self-concept Scale, an Alcohol Consumption and Social Class Questionnaire and an Alcohol Knowledge Test were used. The abstainers had more positive perceptions of their behavior, bodies, states of health, physical appearance, skills and sexuality than the infrequent users of alcohol, who in turn had better self-concepts than the frequent drinkers. In girls there were significantly high numbers of high-social-class infrequent drinkers, middle-social-class frequent drinkers and low-social-class abstainers. There was no significant relationship between social class and alcohol consumption in boys. There was also no significant relationship between knowledge about alcohol and alcohol consumption in both boys and girls.

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