For most adolescents in the United States, the use of social media is an integral part of daily
life. While the advent of the Internet has enhanced information dispersal and communication …

Introduction: Alcohol (AUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD) are common among
adolescents. The CRAFFT (Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble, 1999) was …

Adolescent substance use is an issue of critical importance to the American public. In 2011,
a nationally representative household survey found that adults rated drug abuse as the …

Group motivational interviewing (MI) interventions that target youth at-risk for alcohol and
other drug (AOD) use may prevent future negative consequences. Youth in a teen court …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Adolescents face peak risks for onset and intensification
of alcohol and marijuana use. However, we know little about these behaviors and their …

Objective The objectives of this study were to (1) measure the prevalence of health-related
social problems among adolescent and young adult primary care patients;(2) estimate …

The current research assessed the extent to which substance use behaviors (ie, heavy
episodic drinking, marijuana use, and use of illicit drugs other than marijuana) were …

The objectives of this study is to examine dating violence perpetration and victimization
(physical, psychological, and sexual) and lifetime substance use (alcohol, marijuana, and …

We examined multi‐system influences on risky sexual behavior measured by cumulative
sexual risk index and number of nonromantic sexual partners among 4,465 single, sexually …

Parent–adolescent relationship quality and delay discounting may play important roles in
adolescents' sexual decision making processes, and levels of self-control during …