Initiation and course of alcohol consumption among adolescents and young adults

This chapter takes a normative developmental perspective on the etiology of alcohol use, focusing on the initiation and course of alcohol use (rather than alcohol use disorders) during adolescence and early adulthood. We review evidence regarding the sequelae and meaning of the age of initiation of...

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Published inRecent developments in alcoholism : an official publication of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism, the Research Society on Alcoholism, and the National Council on Alcoholism Vol. 17; p. 29
Main Authors Maggs, Jennifer L, Schulenberg, John E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 2005
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Adolescent
Adult
Age of Onset
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Humans
Risk Factors
United States
United States
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Summary:This chapter takes a normative developmental perspective on the etiology of alcohol use, focusing on the initiation and course of alcohol use (rather than alcohol use disorders) during adolescence and early adulthood. We review evidence regarding the sequelae and meaning of the age of initiation of alcohol use, consider variable- and pattern-centered approaches to modeling trajectories describing the course of alcohol use across adolescence and young adulthood, and offer developmental conceptualizations of risk and protective factors for alcohol use and related problems.
ISSN:0738-422X