Emergencia sociosanitaria en consumo de riesgo de alcohol y síntomas de dependencia en jóvenes

Introduction. The excess consumption of alcohol in the adolescent and young population constitutes a problem of great magnitude and a health care. Objective. Evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in young people and studying alcohol use disorders (excessive alcohol consumption, harmful and dependent) in adolescents and young Spaniards and Mexicans, establishing a differential analysis. Method. Descriptive observational study with cross-sectional analysis of 1313 adolescents and youth of Spain and Mexico, with aged between 13 and 19 years, and both sexes. It has chosen a design correlational no experimental research, conducted on a within-subject design and selecting participants. Results. Have confirmed the psychometric properties of the test sample AUDIT juvenile adequate construct validity and reliability, and its factorial structure. In assessing disorders alcohol consumption, confirms the existence of significant differences between young Spaniards and Mexicans, all indicators tested, resulting in a size large effect. Conclusions. Intensive alcohol consumption in the youth group constitutes a problem with many implications, hence the importance of assessing risk behaviors and symptoms of dependence in young people.