Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2010
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
Volume
19
Issue
3
First Page
493
Last Page
504
DOI of Original Publication
10.1016/j.chc.2010.03.004
Date of Submission
June 2015
Abstract
This article provides an overview of the characteristics of adolescent alcohol use, normative and subgroup variations in drinking behavior, and important factors associated with an increased risk for developing alcohol problems in later adolescence and young adulthood. A parental/family history of alcoholism, temperament traits, conduct problems, cognitive functioning, alcohol expectancies, and peer and other social relations are identified as influencing an adolescent’s susceptibility for initiating a variety of alcohol use behaviors. The Deviance Prone Model, proposed by Sher (1991), is presented as an important tool for testing possible relationships among the various risk factors and their sequencing that leads to early adolescent alcohol and drug initiation and use. It is also possible to extend the model to allow for an examination of the complex interplay of risk factors that leads to the development of alcohol use problems in late adolescence and young adults.
Rights
© 2010, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2010 Jul; 19(3): 493–504. The final publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2010.03.004.
Is Part Of
VCU Social Work Publications
Comments
Published in final edited form as Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2010 Jul; 19(3): 493–504. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2010.03.004. PMCID: PMC2916876 NIHMSID: NIHMS189307
Karen G. Chartier was at the University of Texas School of Public Health at the time of initial publication.