Aim To address and discuss the weaknesses of age at first drink (AFD) as a concept in
alcohol research and prevention. Methods Narrative literature review. Results Varying from …

Objective The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of Internet addiction in middle
school students and to identify associated psychosocial risk factors and depression …

Background and aims An early age of alcohol initiation (AAI) is associated with and has
been hypothesized to be a cause of alcohol use disorders (AUD) in adulthood. Results from …

Background Prevention programs often aim at preventing early onset of drinking (EOD) on
the grounds that this may curb heavy drinking in adulthood. While many studies have shown …

Aims The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the government school‐based
program# Tamojunto2. 0, the third Brazilian version of the European drug prevention …

The effects of alcohol consumption in adults are well described in the literature, while
knowledge about the effects of alcohol consumption in children is more limited and less …

Objective: Family characteristics (relationship quality, parental behaviors, and attitudes
relating to alcohol use) are known to influence alcohol use in the mid-teen years, and there …

Background There are many known risk factors associated with youth substance use.
Nonetheless, the impact of life satisfaction (LS) on the use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana …

Conduct problems are a general risk factor for adolescent alcohol use. However, their role in
relation to alcohol-specific risk pathways of intergenerational transmission of alcohol use is …

Adolescents may be more sensitive to stress-induced alcohol drinking than adults, which
would explain the higher prevalence of alcohol abuse and dependence in late adolescence …