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Pallabi Das and Priyanka Anjan Rao
University of Delhi South Campus, Delhi
The aim of the research is to explore the correlation between alcohol consumption,
risk taking behavior and resilience among young adults in India. According to Collins &
Kirouac (2013), alcohol consumption can be called as the act of consuming, usually
orally-any beverage comprising of ethanol. Risk-taking behaviour can be defined as
any deliberately or non-deliberately managed behaviour with a perceived uncertainty
about its repercussions. Resilience refers to positive adaptation in the face of adversities.
The current study aims to unknot the relationship between alcohol consumption and
risk- taking behavior; alcohol consumption and resilience in young adults. Alcohol
Consumption appears to be one of the unrivalled resolutions for dealing with life
circumstances, getting acceptance from others, the desire to fit in and socializing with
others for the youth. Young adults are enticed to engage in risky activities, such as
rash driving, perilous uses of social media, illicit substance use as well as unprotected
sexual activity which might have serious repercussions. To explore the relationship
between alcohol consumption and risk-taking behavior as well as alcohol consumption
and resilience, correlation was applied. To further understand the predictive value of
alcohol consumption on risk-taking behaviour, regression analysis was carried out.
The results showed that alcohol consumption is positively and significantly correlated
with risk- taking behavior, but not significantly correlated with resilience. Also, alcohol
consumption predicted 17% of the variance in risk- taking behavio