Purpose Informed by ecological theories and models of influence, this review discusses
various psychosocial risk and protective factors that contribute to adolescent substance use …

The focus of this study was social (ie, family and peer) influences on substance use from
early adolescence to early adulthood. A large, ethnically diverse sample of early …

Aims Failure to complete high school predicts substantial economic and social disadvantage
in adult life. The aim of this study was to determine the longitudinal association of mid …

Aims This study aimed at evaluating the effect of family factors on the occurrence of Internet
addiction and determining whether Internet addiction could make any difference in the family …

Backgrounds: Parental drinking, harsh parental discipline and adolescent antisocial
behaviour have been independently implicated in adolescent alcohol use. Robust …

Importance Policy changes since early 2017 have resulted in a substantial expansion of
Latino or Latina immigrants prioritized for deportation and detention. Professional …

This study examined age, gender, and racial differences in parental and peer disapproval of
alcohol use and in the relationship of these injunctive norms with drinking during …

AIM: The aim of this study is to examine the susceptibility of very young adolescents (10–
12years of age) to peer alcohol-related influences, compared to older adolescents (13 …

Within the adolescent risk behavior literature, questions remain about relationships among
behaviors in early adolescence, gender, context, and negative social and health outcomes …

This chapter reviews the literature on family, peer, and media influences on alcohol,
tobacco, and other drug use among children and adolescents. Parental drinking and drug …