Alcohol Research UK - Investigating Parental Monitoring, School And Family Influences On Adolescent Alcohol Use →
This long term UK study in Northern Ireland investigated factors contributing to adolescent drinking
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Prevention of teenage smoking through negative information giving, a cluster randomized controlled trial, Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, Informa Healthcare →
German research finds that although emotionally arousing negative messages may have an immediate effect on adolescents, this does not last.
Polygenic risk and the developmental progres... [JAMA Psychiatry. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI →
This long term study of over 1,000 New Zealanders found that genetic makeup was not related to youngsters starting to smoke. However, those at higher genetic risk were more likely to progress to more regular and heavier smoking and to become more dependent.
Predicting smoking risk from your genes | Inequalities →
This long term study of over 1,000 New Zealanders found that genetic makeup was not related to youngsters starting to smoke. However, those at higher genetic risk were more likely to progress to more regular and heavier smoking and to become more dependent.
UT Arlington research shows early dialogue between parents and children most effective in deterring teen tobacco, alcohol use - News Center - UT Arlington →
This study finds that early, substantive dialogue between parents and their grade-school age children about the ills of tobacco and alcohol use can be more powerful in shaping teen behaviour than advertising, marketing or peer pressure.
ScienceDirect.com - Journal of Business Research - Demarketing teen tobacco and alcohol use: Negative peer influence and longitudinal roles of parenting and self-esteem →
This study finds that parental influence can be more powerful in shaping teen decision to use tobacco and alcohol or engage in other risky behaviours than advertising, marketing or peer pressure.
Social network effects in alcohol consumption among adolescents. 'Addictive Behaviors' →
This 'rigorous' study found that despite potential exaggeration, peer effects remain important determinants of adolescent drinking and interventions at school level might be more cost-effective than previously estimated.
Social network effects in alcohol consumption among adolescents: Summary in 'Findings' →
This 'unusually rigorous' study found that despite potential exaggeration, peer effects remain important determinants of adolescent drinking and interventions at school level might be more cost-effective than previously estimated.
Memory, the adolescent brain and lying: The limits of neuroscientific evidence in the law →
This article includes an interesting overview of risk taking and decision making processes in the adolescent brain from the unusual standpoint of legal responsibility.
Young people who get drunk aware of risk of sex attack →
This frightening picture of risky behaviour among young Australian drinkers results from analysis of early data from The Global Drugs Survey, plus research in similar areas.