The Relation of Knowledge and Attitudes of Students in Consuming Habitual of Alcohol Association Students NTT in Surakarta

Abstract

Background: Alcohol abuse is one of the growing problems among the youths. This problem shows an increasing
trend from year to year and has resulted in delinquency, fights, the emergence of juvenile gangs, immoral acts,
and rampant thuggery. The impact of consuming alcohol can lead to poisoning due to the substance in alcohol can
damage several systems in the body such as the motoric system (inability to stay still), the motoric reaction will be
prolonged, speech disorder (dysarthria), and ataxia. The purpose of this study was to study and explain factors
related to students’ habits on alcohol consumption. Factors associated are knowledge, attitudes, age, gender,
environment, culture, mass media, emotional status, and availability of drinks.
Methods: This study is quantitative research with a cross-sectional approach. The sample of this research was the
students who came from NTT and studying in Surakarta and 338 students participated as the sample. Sampling
technique utilized in this study was Accidental Sampling.
Results: The final result of multivariate test showed that significant variable associated with the alcohol
consumption of students are as follows: knowledge p = 0,000 attitude p = 0,000 (p value & it; 0, 05), cultural
p = 0,009 (p value & it; 0, 05) and emotional p = 0,013 (p value & it; 0, 05). This research showed that attitude
is the most associated with alcohol consumption even after being controlled by another three variables such as
knowledge, culture, and emotion, with OR 4.245. It means that people with a negative attitude have a 4.2 times
risk of consuming alcohol more often than people with a positive attitude influenced by culture and emotions. On
the other hand gender variable is a confounding factor in this study.