Resumen de Alcoholism and coping strategies among IPB students
Ana Maria Galvão, Ana Rita Noné, Maria José Gomes
This study aimed to assess the alcohol consumption habits and the different coping strategies of a group ofstudents from the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança - IPB (Polytechnic Institute of Bragança) with a sample made outof 126 of its students (n=126). For this study, which is descriptive-correlational and transversal, a socio-demographicquestionnaire, the AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Cunha 2002) and the Brief COPE questionnaire(Pais-Ribeiro, J. and Rodrigues, A. 2004) were used as evaluation instruments. Findings were that the majority ofyoung students stated they do not have significant life problems, that they have good social supports and they do notconsume alcohol in an inadequate way. Similarly, the coping strategies that they indicate as most frequent seem also tobe the most adaptive, which may help to explain the fact that most do not perceive significant current problems anddo not resort to alcohol in an inadequate way.
