Purpose Informed by ecological theories and models of influence, this review discusses
various psychosocial risk and protective factors that contribute to adolescent substance use …

Participation in online social media Web sites (eg, Facebook and Twitter) has skyrocketed in
recent years and created a new environment in which adolescents and young adults may be …

Recent research shows that the effects of oxytocin are more diverse than initially thought
and that in some cases oxytocin can directly influence the response to drugs and alcohol …

Objective Grit, defined as “working strenuously toward challenges, maintaining effort and
interest over years despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress,” is strongly …

Objective To conduct a systematic review of the literature examining risk and protective
factors of alcohol related negative consequences (ARNCs) among adolescents. Methods …

Acculturation has been studied as one key sociocultural determinant that helps explain
ethnic disparities in alcohol use outcomes among Hispanic Americans. Primary studies and …

La adolescencia constituye un período crítico en el desarrollo de conductas adictivas. En
particular, la edad a la que los jóvenes se inician en el consumo de alcohol no es una …

The purpose of this study was to test an integrative model in which peer relations at different
levels of social complexity (friendship quality, social preference, and proximity prestige) are …

Objective To evaluate the relationship between the parenting style of an adolescent's peers'
parents and an adolescent's substance use. Design Longitudinal survey. Setting …

Este estudio relaciona los factores psicosociales a los patrones de consumo de alcohol en
adolescentes escolarizados. En él participaron un total de 284 adolescentes entre 12 y 18 …