Problem drinking during the college years is a significant public health concern. The goal of
the current review was to examine the primary psychosocial factors that predict problem …

Young adults in Western countries are gaining weight faster than their parents and are more
likely to gain weight than any other age cohort. Despite this, investigation into the complex …

Importance Exposure to nicotine in electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is becoming
increasingly common among adolescents who report never having smoked combustible …

Crime, smoking, drug use, alcoholism, reckless driving, and many other unhealthy patterns
of behavior that play out over a lifetime often debut during adolescence. Avoiding risks or …

This is the third book I have written on the topic of sensation seeking. The first described the
theoretical origins of the construct, the research on sensory deprivation that grew from the …

In this article, we review the most important findings to have emerged during the past 10
years in the study of judgment and decision making (JDM) in adolescence and look ahead …

Mobile social media often feature the ability to “Like” content posted by others. This study
examined the effect of Likes on youths' neural and behavioral responses to photographs …

OBJECTIVE: The current study examined emotion dysregulation as a mechanism underlying
risky sexual behavior and sexual revictimization among adult victims of child sexual abuse …

Abstract The Relapse Prevention (RP) model has been a mainstay of addictions theory and
treatment since its introduction three decades ago. This paper provides an overview and …

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 …