Early drinking onset: A study of prevalence and determinants among 13-year-old adolescents in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 505-512

  Adolfsen, Frode ^a   Strøm, Henriette Kyrrestad ^a   Martinussen, Monica ^a   Natvig, Henrik ^b   Eisemann, Martin ^a   Handegård, Bjørn Helge ^a   Koposov, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Early drinking onset; Prevalence; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84927794762     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12151     Document Type: Article

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