Drinking Patterns and Problems among Female Children and Adolescents: A Comparison of Abstainers, Past Users, and Current Users
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
- Vol. 11 (3-4) , 315-348
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00952998509016869
Abstract
The sociopsychological factors that underlie drinking behavior among 197 young girls, ages 9 through 17, are explored. Three groups-youthful abstainers, former users, and current users-were interviewed, as were their parents. These comparison groups are contrasted on 110 variables. The relative merits of four competing explanations of youthful drinking behavior-deprivation, personal deficiency, hedonistic peer culture, and family pathology-are assessed.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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