Age Up Before You Drink Up: A Qualitative Study on the Habitual Drinking Among Minors

Abstract

The study aimed to discover the reason behind how minors developed the habitual drinking of alcohol. In this study, the researchers used an unstructured open-ended interview to gather information from the selected minors, whom the researchers know are located within the vicinity of Project 6 and TandangSora only. The study used the design of qualitative research as an instrument to understand how the minors develop their habitual drinking. The design of the study is an advantage to the researchers, as their informants could easily share their experiences and thoughts with the researchers in full details. Based on the results of the study, some of the minors started to limit their drinking to special occasions with their families. Some minors are influenced by their friends, and gradually developed their habitual drinking of alcohol. The study's results showed that minors have developed their habitual drinking of alcohol through the influence of their family and friends. In conclusion, the researchers identified that the minors developed their habitual drinking of alcohol from their family, through special occasions, and, less often, through the influence of friends. More often, minors are encouraged by their own family members to drink during these events.