Thus, faced with evidences of possible association of
religious factors, family and leisure in alcohol abuse by
teenagers, we decided to study the interaction of these
factors on the binge drinking behavior of adolescents
who attend private high schools (most with high SES
which is a major risk factor for BD in Brazil). We chose
to study the combined association of these proximal
protective and risk factors for BD based on a well
known theoretical developmental framework: the Social
Development Model [29]. The Social Development
Model incorporates propositions of social control, social
learning and differential association theories into a
developmental framework of both prosocial and antisocial
behaviors [30]. According to this model, when adolescents
develop bonds with individuals or groups with
antisocial beliefs (e.g., drug-using peers), they are more
likely to engage in antisocial behaviors; if they develop
bonds with individual with prosocial behaviors (e.g.,
non-drug using peers, high religiosity), they are less
likely to engage in antisocial behaviors, and more likely
to engage in prosocial behaviors. Also, external constraints
such as parental monitoring can affect adolescents
socialization experiences