Alcohol use and intimate relationships in adolescence: when love comes to town

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Research into the links between involvement in a steady relationship and adolescents' alcohol use is presented. It was established that alcohol use in public drinking places and at parties in middle adolescence is connected with partnership in later adolescence.

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Friend's drinking behavior and adolescent alcohol consumption: The moderating role of friendship characteristics

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The effects of the best friend's drinking behavior on the alcohol consumption of 12-14-year-old adolescents are examined. The findings showed that best friend's drinking behavior is related to adolescent's drinking both cross-sectionally and longitudinally.

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Inconsistencies in adolescents' self-reports of initiation of alcohol and tobacco use

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Mistakes in the estimation of age at which alcohol and tobacco are used for the first time were investigated. A five-year longitudinal study with three measurements was used. Findings showed that the concept age of first use should be employed with care because of two factors. One is the lack of reliability of assessments and another is that correlations of various estimates with actual frequency and intensity of use at the third wave are erroneous.

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