Drug addiction may be a goal-directed choice driven by excessive drug value in negative
affective states, a habit driven by strong stimulus− response associations, or a compulsion …

Negative social experiences during adolescence are central features for several stress-
related mental illnesses. Social play fighting behavior in rats peaks during early …

The use of alcohol and other substances among underage adolescents continues to cause
social concern nowadays, but it is not the only challenge that professionals face while …

Adolescence is a developmental period marked by changes in cognition, emotion, and
social relations. For example, sensitivity to social feedback increases as peer relationships …

Objective The aim of this study is to compare suicidality, internalizing problems and
externalizing problems among adolescent victims, bullies and bully-victims. Method This …

Rationale Research on adolescence and drug abuse increased substantially in the past
decade. However, drug-addiction-related behaviors following stressful experiences during …

Objective: To examine the long-term effects of a personality-targeted intervention on drinking
quantity and frequency (QF), problem drinking, and personality-specific motivations for …

Background Adolescence represents a period of development during which critical
biological, as well as social and cognitive, changes occur that are necessary for the …

Several school-based prevention programmes have been developed and used to prevent,
delay, or reduce substance misuse, and related problems among community samples of …

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