The study investigates excessive drinking and associations with other problem behaviours
in 2078 school students aged 14–16 years in seven London secondary schools. Using a …

Despite the current societal concern with underage drinking, little attention has been paid to
alcohol use within the preadolescent population. This article presents the proceedings of a …

A prospective, cohort survey of 540 mid‐adolescent students was conducted to identify
personal, family and social correlates of alcohol use. A structured questionnaire recorded …

Background: Alcohol is the most frequently used substance among adolescents with
different patterns of consumption. Various types of adolescent alcohol use have been …

This paper examines the prevalence of abusive or hazardous alcohol consumption at age
16 years and the risk factors associated with such behaviour using data from a longitudinal …

Most previous research has assumed that adolescent alcohol use and problem use
represent a continuum and are influenced by the same psychosocial factors, with problem …

This study aimed at identifying different alcohol drinking trajectories in early to late
adolescence. We also examined whether certain factors predicted membership of a specific …

Aims: To study the influences of parental alcohol problems on adolescents' alcohol
consumption and motivations to drink alcohol. Methods: A community sample of 1744 …

The goal of this research was to describe the most common drinking situations for young
adolescents (N= 1171; 46.6% girls), as well as determine predictors of their drinking in the …

Studies of adolescent alcohol use typically sample intact high school populations. This study
assessed “street” adolescents alienated from the mainstream educational system. Despite …