Early onset drinking can cause problems not only while they are still teens, but also later in life.
Not exact matches
«Adolescence is a critical risk period for initiation of alcohol use, and
earlier onset of
drinking is associated with greater risk of developing alcohol abuse and dependence,» said Dr. Gale Burstein, Erie County Commissioner of Health.
Adverse childhood experiences predict
earlier age of
drinking onset: results from a representative US sample of current or former drinkers
Early onset of
drinking as a risk factor for lifetime alcohol - related problems.
Rothman, E.F., Edwards, E.M., Heeren, T. and Hingson, R.W. (2007) Adverse childhood experiences predict
earlier age of
drinking onset: Results from a representative US sample of current and former drinkers, Pediatrics, 122, e298 - e304.
Alcohol expectancies play an important role in adolescent substance use: positive alcohol expectancies are quite common in this age group, and are linked to
earlier onset and problematic
drinking.21, 22 Thus, this lesson focuses on personal expectancies, risks and norms associated with (hazardous) alcohol use.
The five risks at Wave 1 were never used a condom (10 %),
drinking during either first or most recent sex (15.5 %), using drugs during either first or most recent sex (7.9 %), ever has sex for drugs or money (2.5 %), and
early onset of sexual activity [< 13 years old, 11.6 % (age from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Brener et al., 2002)-RSB-.