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Early Drinking Onset and Its Association with Alcohol Use and Problem Behavior in Late Adolescence
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Objective To examine the relationship between age of drinking onset and patterns of use, abuse of other substances, and the prevalence of other alcohol-related problems in a population of midwestern high school seniors.Design We analyzed self-report survey data on public school students' history of alcohol and other drug use and related problems from the Minnesota Student Survey conducted in 1989. The sample consisted of 2,650 male and female seniors, representing a 10% random sample of all white seniors in the study.Results The findings suggest that early onset of alcohol use (by age 12) is associated with subsequent abuse of alcohol and related problem behaviors in later adolescence, including alcohol-related violence, injuries, drinking and driving, and absenteeism from school or work, as well as increased risks for using other drugs.Conclusion This paper identifies the preadolescent years from age 10 to 12 as a particularly vulnerable period for the development of early alcohol dependence and abuse. Delaying alcohol use onset to age 13 may significantly reduce the risk of severe alcohol abuse in later adolescence.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gruber, E., DiClemente, R. J., Anderson, M. M., & Lodico, M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of Alabama (US)
- Corresponding author
- Anderson, Martin M.
- ORCID
- DiClemente, Ralph J.
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1996-05
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 293-300
- ISSN
- 0091-7435 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1968871982
- Cited by
- 324
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 21
- FWCI
- 3.31
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- adolescent alcohol use, alcohol abuse, alcohol-related violence, alcohol-related injuries, drunk driving, school absenteeism, substance use, alcoholism, high school seniors, late childhood, Minnesota Student Survey
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholism, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Minnesota, Social Behavior Disorders, Multivariate Analysis, Logistic Models, Age of Onset, Substance-Related Disorders
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