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Alcohol Problems Among Adolescents - Current Directions in Prevention Research (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Alcohol Problems Among Adolescents - Current Directions in Prevention Research (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Alcohol misuse presents a major risk for health and well-being
throughout the life-span, but youth have a special vulnerability.
Alcohol is the most widely used drug by adolescents. For some, this
may be one or two isolated occasions of youthful experimentation;
for others, the use becomes excessive, placing them in danger of
immediate adverse consequences such as accidental injury and
alcohol poisoning, or encouraging other high-risk behavior patterns
including unprotected sex. Moreover, a pattern of heavy drinking
established in adolescence and young adulthood may continue into an
adult pattern of alcohol abuse.
Concerned communities and institutions across the nation are
tackling the problem of alcohol use and abuse by young people.
Research-based knowledge is urgently needed to inform these efforts
and to ensure that limited prevention resources are used as
effectively as possible. The origins of youthful alcohol use and
abuse are found within the complex interplay of individual
characteristics, family and peer influences, the larger societal
context for alcohol use, environmental conditions, and maturational
processes that accompany adolescence.
This volume, which began as a special issue of the "Journal of
Research on Adolescence," contains all of the material from the
journal issue plus additional chapters. It helps researchers to
meet the tremendous challenge of disentangling the key determinants
of risk, and developing effective interventions. Primary sources of
influence on youthful alcohol use are described, ranging from
individual expectancies about alcohol effects and cognitive
decision processes to parenting practices, peer influences, social
environments, and economic factors; and a corresponding range of
prevention interventions is discussed. This book will serve as a
primer to those with an interest in developing and improving
effective programs and activities to reduce alcohol-related
problems among young people. For those engaged in prevention
research, the text will provide useful reviews and current findings
that should aid in directing future research activities.
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