20.500.12556/ReVIS-14150 Adolescents’ intention to reduce alcohol use: a health belief model appro ach tocancer prevention Aims: Alcohol consumption is a well-established risk factor for health problems such as cancer; yet, public health campaigns haveshownmixedresultsintheir effectivenesstoreducealcoholuse.Drawingonthehealthbeliefmodel,thisstudyexamines adolescents’ self-reported alcohol consumption and explores drivers and barriers to abstaining from orreducingtheiralcohol consumption, withtheultimategoalofreducingalcohol-attributable cancers. Method: A large-scale, cross-sectional and cross-national online survey was conducted in 2024 among N=4054 adolescents between 12 and 18 years, chiefly recruited through schools, in eight Eur opean countries (Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Romania,Slovenia, Spain, andSwitzerland). Results: Results indicate that 47.5% of adolescents reported never consuming alcohol. Alcohol use increased with age and country differences were observed, while we found no differences in gender. Among the 52.5% participants who reported drinking alcohol, the average intention to reduce consumption was moderate. Adolescents who drank more frequently were less inclined to reduce their alcohol use. Int ention to reduce drinking decreased with age. Perceived benefits of alcohol reduction followed by self-efficacy were the strongest predictors of this intention. Conclusions: The study’s results provide valuable insights into adolescent alcohol consumption across Europe, leading to the formulation of concrete guidelines for future prevention campaigns regarding target groups (e.g. age, country), messaging, and framing.Specifically,futurealcoholpreventioncampaignscouldemphasizelong-termhealthbenefitsandaimtoincrease adolesc ents’ perceptions of self-efficacy to refrain from initiating or to reduce alcohol consumption. alcohol consumption adolescents cancer prevention uživanje alkohola mladostniki rak preprečevanje true false false Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2026-07-03 13:44:10 2026-07-03 13:44:11 2026-07-04 03:08:25 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 22. 6. 2026; 11 str. issue 3, agag010 Vol. 61 May 2026 0000-00-00 NiDoloceno NiDoloceno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-05-01 613.81-053.6:159.9:614.4:616-006 1464-3502 282401795 10.1093/alcalc/agag010 https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article/61/3/agag010/8527692?guestAccessKey= 1 84b834d7-76d4-11f1-852a-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=17155 Alcohol_and_Alcoholism,_2026,_61(3),_agag010.pdf Alcohol_and_Alcoholism,_2026,_61(3),_agag010.pdf 1 08CBEAF62302170ED400E28B1B0892AB 71f6aa5da4e131f42e30a0ac844485059f90709f58eeccb10fd812a057bcbea5 b8af8050-76d4-11f1-852a-001a4af901a5 https://revis.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=17156 Univerza Alma Mater Europaea 0 0 0