scholarly journals Early adolescent adversity inflates threat estimation in females and promotes alcohol use initiation in both sexes.

2018 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel A. Walker ◽  
Christopher Andreansky ◽  
Madelyn H. Ray ◽  
Michael A. McDannald
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Alcohol Use Initiation

Drug Use, Drug Trafficking, and Weapon Carrying Among Low-Income, African-American, Early Adolescent Boys

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 1065-1072
Author(s):  
Maureen M. Black ◽  
Izabel B. Ricardo
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Weapon Carrying ◽  
Risk Practices ◽  
Drug Involvement ◽  
Drug Activities

Objective. To examine relationships involving three extremely high-risk behaviors (drug use, drug trafficking, and weapon carrying) among low-income, urban, African-American early adolescent boys using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Method. The quantitative phase included 192 African-American boys from 9 through 15 years of age recruited from recreation centers located in low-income communities. Youth completed a survey addressing personal risk practices; intentions to engage in risk practices; risk taking among family, friends and community; and values toward risk practices. They also completed standardized assessments of sensation seeking, perceived peer pressure, and parent-child communication. All questionnaires were self-administered through MacIntosh computers programmed to present questions aurally and visually. The qualitative phase included 12 African-American youth from low-income, urban families. The youth participated in 60- to 90-minute interviews regarding drug activities and violence. Results. Most boys (73%) were not involved in either drug activities or weapon carrying. Boys who were involved in drug activities or weapon carrying were often involved in other high-risk activities (cigarette and alcohol use, school failure and expulsion) and had low rates of adaptive communication with their parents. The boys reported high rates of drug involvement by their family, friends, and community. However, psychological and interpersonal factors were better predictors of individual risk activities than community or family variables. Personal values regarding economics predicted drug trafficking. More than 56% of the boys who reported past involvement in drug activities did not anticipate future involvement. Conclusions. Multilevel strategies are necessary to prevent involvement in drug activities and weapon carrying. Intervention programs should begin early and should promote communication between parents and children, adaptive behavior in school, and avoidance of cigarette and alcohol use. Community-level interventions are needed to alter the myth that drug involvement and weapon carrying are normative and to promote images that are less materialistic and more supportive of education and future-oriented activities.

scholarly journals The Role of Socioregional Factors in Moderating Genetic Influences on Early Adolescent Behavior Problems and Alcohol Use

2009 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 1739-1748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danielle M. Dick ◽  
Matthew Bernard ◽  
Fazil Aliev ◽  
Richard Viken ◽  
Lea Pulkkinen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Adolescent Behavior ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Genetic Influences ◽  
Adolescent Behavior Problems

The importance of family management, closeness with father and family structure in early adolescent alcohol use

Addiction ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 105 (10) ◽  
pp. 1750-1758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherine Habib ◽  
Joseph Santoro ◽  
Peter Kremer ◽  
John Toumbourou ◽  
Eva Leslie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Family Management ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol Use ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol

scholarly journals Early adolescent alcohol use in context: How neighborhoods, parents, and peers impact youth

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 425-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa M. Trucco ◽  
Craig R. Colder ◽  
William F. Wieczorek ◽  
Liliana J. Lengua ◽  
Larry W. Hawk
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Ecological Models ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Ecological Framework ◽  
Adolescent Delinquency ◽  
Indirect Pathway ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol Use ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol ◽  
Delinquent Peers

AbstractDevelopmental–ecological models are useful for integrating risk factors across multiple contexts and conceptualizing mediational pathways for adolescent alcohol use, yet these comprehensive models are rarely tested. This study used a developmental–ecological framework to investigate the influence of neighborhood, family, and peer contexts on alcohol use in early adolescence (N = 387). Results from a multi-informant longitudinal cross-lagged mediation path model suggested that high levels of neighborhood disadvantage were associated with high levels of alcohol use 2 years later via an indirect pathway that included exposure to delinquent peers and adolescent delinquency. Results also indicated that adolescent involvement with delinquent peers and alcohol use led to decrements in parenting, rather than being consequences of poor parenting. Overall, the study supported hypothesized relationships among key microsystems thought to influence adolescent alcohol use, and thus findings underscore the utility of developmental–ecological models of alcohol use.

scholarly journals Social space and alcohol use initiation among youth in northern Tanzania

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. e0202200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haika Osaki ◽  
Gerry Mshana ◽  
Doris Mbata ◽  
Saidi Kapiga ◽  
John Changalucha
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Northern Tanzania ◽  
Alcohol Use Initiation

scholarly journals Relational Peer Victimization Interacts With Depression Severity to Predict the Timing of Alcohol Use Initiation in Adolescent Girls

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-263
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Woerner ◽  
Feifei Ye ◽  
Alison E. Hipwell ◽  
Tammy Chung ◽  
Carolyn E. Sartor
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Depression Severity ◽  
Alcohol Use Initiation

scholarly journals Effects of Early Adolescent Alcohol Use on Mid-Adolescent School Performance and Connection: A Longitudinal Study of Students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (11) ◽  
pp. 706-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryl A. Hemphill ◽  
Jessica A. Heerde ◽  
Kirsty E. Scholes-Balog ◽  
Todd I. Herrenkohl ◽  
John W. Toumbourou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Early Adolescent ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol Use ◽  
Adolescent Alcohol
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