Alcohol and other substance use problems are common, and the efficacy of current
prevention and intervention programs is limited. Genetics may contribute to differential …

Background and Objectives Youth drinking is a pervasive public health concern with serious
negative developmental implications. Candidate gene and environment interaction studies …

A substance use offense reflects an encounter with law enforcement and the court system in
response to breaking the law which may increase risk for substance use problems later in …

Alcohol use and dependence are strongly affected by variation in aldehyde dehydrogenase
(ALDH2) and, to a lesser extent, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH1B) genes. We use this …

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that
affects an estimated 2–5% of North Americans. FASD is induced by prenatal alcohol …

Abstract The loss of John Schulenberg reverberates across the developmental and
prevention sciences. In honor of his many contributions, this paper applies his ideas of …

This research:(1) implements a genetically informed design to examine the effects of fathers'
presence–absence and quality of behavior during childhood/adolescence on daughters' …

Abstract Gene by Intervention (GxI) interaction studies examine how a person's genotype
may moderate (ie, increase or decrease benefit from) an intervention's impact, typically in …

The most extensively studied influence on adolescent conduct problem behaviors is peers,
and the literature points to genetics as one source of individual differences in peer influence …

Better integrating human developmental factors in genomic research is part of a set of next
steps for testing gene-by-environment interaction hypotheses. This study adds to this work …