<p>Dr. Ava D Thompson:<br><br>I believe that you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript, "Sex differences in alcohol and tobacco use in Ecuadorian college students," which has been submitted to Revista Interamericana de Psicología/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.<br><br>Please log into the journal web site by 2021-03-07 to indicate whether you will undertake the review or not, as well as to access the submission and to record your review and recommendation.<br><br>The review itself is due 2021-03-21.<br><br>Submission URL: <a href='https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1497&reviewId=1004&key=f7vD4d' class='submissionReviewUrl-style-class'>https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission?submissionId=1497&reviewId=1004&key=f7vD4d</a><br><br>Thank you for considering this request.<br><br>Dr. Melissa L. Morgan<br>University of California Santa Barbara<br>mmorgan@education.ucsb.edu<br><br><br><br>"Sex differences in alcohol and tobacco use in Ecuadorian college students"<br><br>Abstract</p>
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> Report levels and sex differences in alcohol and tobacco consumption, and sex as a risk factor in alcohol and tobacco use in a sample of Ecuadorian college students. <strong>Methodology:</strong> A descriptive and comparative study applying the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Questionnaire to Classify the Level of Tobacco Consumption in Young People (C4) as assessment tools. <strong>Sample:</strong> 546 college students (69.1% women and 30.9% men), between 17 and 41 years old (<em>mean age</em> = 21.3 years; SD = 2.6) from four universities located in Ambato and Quito cities. <strong>Results:</strong> Consumption of alcohol and tobacco shows low levels among the sample. There are sex differences in alcohol use (t = 5.14; p &lt;.05) and tobacco use (t = 5.6; p &lt;.05), with higher consumption among men. Men are more likely than women to engage in alcohol and tobacco risky use with OR = 2.1; 95% CI [1.45 – 3.11] and OR = 3 95% CI [2.01 – 4.37]. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Alcohol and tobacco use is generalized among the sample and sex is a key factor in both the increase in consumption and further development of risky use.</p>
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