Predicting the Negative Impact of Alcohol Drinking on Depression and Social Behaviors of Youth-A Demographical Analysis

Abstract

Past studies have shown that alcohol drinking brings positive and significant changes with an impact on the depression and social behavior of youth belonging to different demographic statuses, but the core and contradictory argument-based objective of this study is that alcohol drinking has only a negative impact with no significant change in the depression and social behavior of youth in Pakistan. The current study used adopted and adapted measures for the collection of data from the targeted population with the help of an online survey. Due to sensitive nature of the issue and difficulty of approaching the target respondents, a snowball sampling technique has been used for data collection from 200 youngsters in urban and rural areas of Pakistan. Moreover, the SPSS (V-25) based statistical results indicated that the alpha values of all variables are in an excellent range. The overall results indicated that exposure to alcohol drinking has a negative impact on depression (B=-.01) and social behaviour (B=-.29), and the findings from the demographical analysis revealed that alcohol drinking has a negative impact on the depression and social behaviour of youth. The statistically significant outcomes of the current study proved that alcohol drinking has a negative impact on the depression and social behaviour of Pakistani youth. Moreover, some new dimensions are also recommended for upcoming researchers in this area.