Summary
Contents
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Covering the latest research and literature on the use of alcohol by adolescents, this concise book provides leads for understanding its aetiology and effective interventions, as well as pointing to future lines of research. Topics covered include: an introduction to the scope of issues related to alcohol use; a review of approaches to the measurement of alcohol-related behaviours among adolescents; and social policy interventions and major conceptual and methodological issues that need to be addressed. The book at once conveys the significance of adolescent alcohol use as a social and clinical problem but also points to promising leads for its amelioration.
Risk and Protective Factors
Risk and Protective Factors
Although alcohol use among adolescents constitutes an illegal activity according to criminal law, the vast majority of adolescents have used alcohol at least once prior to their senior year of high school. Given the widespread use of alcohol during adolescence, an array of important research questions have focused on what factors increase risk for the more troubling aspects of adolescent alcohol use, such as early onset, escalation to frequent high levels of drinking, alcohol-associated problems (e.g., poor school performance, conflict with parents, violence, and driving under the influence), and manifestations of alcohol dependency symptoms. A broad range of risk factors have been identified that do increase the risk for alcohol use behaviors among children and adolescents (e.g., Hawkins, ...
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