Adolescent development and the onset of drinking. A longitudinal study.
Junior and senior high-school students were studied over a 4-year period. The likelihood of drinking was directly related to the degree of transition- or problem-proneness, and a developmental relationship between onset of drinking and other socipsychological attributes was found. It is concluded that becoming a drinker is an integral aspect of the process of adolscent development.
D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001290:Attitude; D001519:Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010551:Personality; D011336:Probability; D012067:Religion; D012918:Social Alienation; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012925:Social Conformity; D012931:Social Environment