González Vázquez, Annel, López García, Karla Selene, Guzmán Facundo, Francisco Rafael, Alonso Castillo, María Magdalena, Álvarez Bermúdez, Javier, and Tizoc Márquez, Arodi
Background: The consumption of alcohol is among the main health problems worldwide due to its physical, psychological and social consequences, it has been identified that the expectations of alcohol consumption are a variable that can be related to the alcohol consumption. Objective: To identify the expectations towards alcohol consumption, to determine the relationship between expectations and alcohol consumption among young people in rural and urban areas. Methodology: The design of the study was descriptive correlational, comparative; random sampling. The sample consisted of 169 young people from the urban area and 133 young people from the rural area of the state of Nuevo León. Results: The expectations towards the consumption of alcohol in the subscale of disinhibition (U = 9573.00; p = 0,023) and in the subscale of increase of sexuality (U = 9724.00; p = 0,041) it was different within the to area, it is characterized by greater medians and medians among young people in rural areas; the expectations of alcohol consumption reported positive and significant correlation with the harmful consumption of alcohol in rural youth (rs= 0,435; p < 0,001) and young people in urban areas (rs= 0,290; p < 0,001). Conclusion: Due to the problem that consolidates the alcohol consumption in young people, it is important to carry out more research that allows the design of effective strategies to attend to specific populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]