Teenage drinking is a major social concern. Using data from a major
UK birth cohort study this book examines both the early childhood
predictors of underage drinking and the longer-term adult
consequences. Around 10% of 16-year-old teenagers were classified
as hazardous drinkers. Hazardous drinking was more common amongst
boys, and was associated with higher rates of drug use, and violent
offending. The main childhood predictors of hazardous teenage
drinking included antisocial behaviour, high extroversion and
maternal drinking in pregnancy. Depression, anxiety and
socio-economic status were not associated with increased alcohol
consumption. Adolescent drinking predicted adult drinking after
controlling for a wide range of other predictors. Likewise, the
relationship between maternal drinking (both during pregnancy and
in the child's teenage years) predicted adult drinking. There was
no evidence that emotional problems were associated with higher
levels of adult drinking. This analysis has major implications for
the design and development of alcohol prevention programmes, and
should be especially useful to professionals working with teenagers
across a wide variety of settings.
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