Introduction:

adolescence is a stage where the consumption of addictive substances, including alcohol, often begins.

Objective:

to characterize the risk behavior to alcohol consumption in adolescents enrolled at Carlos Marx Mixed School, Pinar del Rio municipality.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in a target group comprised of 284 students enrolled at Carlos Marx Mixed School, Pinar del Rio municipality during the period from June 2017 to June 2019. The sample (intentional non-probabilistic) included 40 students from 9th grade (14-15 years old), and 40 students from 12th grade (17-18 years old).

Results:

female sex predominated in the 17-18 age groups, where the highest figure was found in the risk category. Normal consumption of one to two units prevailed in male adolescents from 9th grade. The main needs and motivation were related to physical presence in the adolescents from 12th grade and in 9th grade, projected towards the need for food; the environmental factors that prevailed were interpersonal relationships in adolescents from 9th grade and the family environment in 12th grade.

Conclusions:

the consumption of alcoholic beverages reached the presence of a greater number of consumers than non-consumers, highlighting the fact of a dependent adolescent who consumes more than twelve units daily; family environment and affectivity behaved similarly as environmental factors, family and social situation constituted a risk for alcohol consumption in adolescents.

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