Why do young people start drinking? Motives for first-time alcohol consumption and links to risky drinking in early adolescence

European Addiction Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-39

  Kuntsche, Emmanuel ^a,b   Müller, Stefanie ^c  

^a ADDICTION SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Institute for Therapy Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol initiation; Drinking motives; Drunkenness; Early adolescence; Risky drinking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUNKENNESS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 82655185099     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333036     Document Type: Article

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