Predicting Initiation of Adolescent Alcohol Use

摘要

Early alcohol use has been correlated with subsequent depression and substance abuse, and it is often implicated in the most common causes of adolescent deaths (i.e., motor vehicle crashes, accidents, suicide, and homicide). Some evidence has suggested that tobacco use, exposure to alcohol advertising, and being raised in a single-parent household contribute to early alcohol use and are inversely related to academic achievement.