| Literature DB >> 15789858 |
Jennifer L Maggs1, John E Schulenberg.
Abstract
This chapter takes a normative developmental perspective on the etiology of alcohol use, focusing on the initiation and course of alcohol use (rather than alcohol use disorders) during adolescence and early adulthood. We review evidence regarding the sequelae and meaning of the age of initiation of alcohol use, consider variable- and pattern-centered approaches to modeling trajectories describing the course of alcohol use across adolescence and young adulthood, and offer developmental conceptualizations of risk and protective factors for alcohol use and related problems.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15789858 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-48626-1_2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Recent Dev Alcohol ISSN: 0738-422X