Table 1.
General characteristics of Hungarian high school students (n = 471)
| Characteristics | % | Mean | SD | n (response rate) | Chronbach’s Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographics | |||||
| Gender | 470 (99.8 %) | ||||
| Boy | 32.9 % | ||||
| Girl | 66.9 % | ||||
| Age (14-18) | 16.21 | 1.13 | 471 (100 %) | ||
| Type of school | 471 (100 %) | ||||
| Grammar | 51.2 % | ||||
| Modern | 42.9 % | ||||
| Technical | 5.9 % | ||||
| Health risk behaviours | |||||
| Smoking | 464 (98.5 %) | ||||
| No | 64.7 % | ||||
| Yes | 33.1 % | ||||
| Alcohol use | 463 (98.3 %) | ||||
| No | 30.1 % | ||||
| Yes | 67.3 % | ||||
| Social psychological variables | |||||
| Need to belong (10-50) | 34 | 5.7 | 440 (93.4 %) | 0.60 | |
| Loneliness (20-80) | 32 | 8 | 402 (85.4 %) | 0.85 | |
| Shyness (13-65) | 29.5 | 8.3 | 395 (83.9 %) | 0.78 | |
| Competitiveness (14-70) | 44 | 10.1 | 411 (87.3 %) | 0.84 | |
| Social behavioural variables | |||||
| Best friend’s smoking | 456 (96.8 %) | ||||
| No | 51.4 % | ||||
| Yes | 45.4 % | ||||
| Best friend’s alcohol use | 450 (95.5 %) | ||||
| No | 24.2 % | ||||
| Yes | 71.3 % | ||||
| Friends’ smoking | 442 (93.8 %) | ||||
| None/Minority of friends | 49.5 % | ||||
| Half of friends | 20.6 % | ||||
| Majority/All of friends | 23.8 % | ||||
| Friends’ alcohol use | 452 (96 %) | ||||
| None/Minority of friends | 64.1 % | ||||
| Half of friends | 11.9 % | ||||
| Majority/All of friends | 20 % |