Background Findings from systematic reviews and meta-analyses about the effectiveness of
school-based programmes to prevent or reduce substance abuse are inconclusive. We …

Children who experience maltreatment are at well-documented risk for the development of
problematic substance use and disorder in adolescence and beyond. This review applies a …

OBJECTIVE: Adolescence is a developmental period that entails substantial changes in risk-
taking behavior and experimentation with alcohol and drugs. Understanding how the brain …

Youth in underserved, urban communities are at risk for a range of negative outcomes
related to stress, including social-emotional difficulties, behavior problems, and poor …

Adolescence is a developmental period often characterized as a time of impulsive and risky
choices leading to increased incidence of unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and …

Adolescence is a time of dramatic changes including rapid physical growth, the onset of
sexual maturation, the activation of new drives and motivations, and a wide array of social …

Negotiating the transition from dependence on parents to relative independence is not a
unique demand for today's youth but has a long evolutionary history (transmission) and is …

Objective: During adolescence, neurobiological maturation occurs concurrently with social
and interpersonal changes, including the initiation of alcohol and other substance use. The …

The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of parental restrictive mediation and to
examine the effects of restrictive mediation on children's internet use. Data were obtained …

Although actuarial data indicate that risk-taking behavior peaks in adolescence, laboratory
evidence for this developmental spike remains scarce. One possible explanation for this …