Beers with Peers: Childhood ADHD and Risk for Correlated Change in Perceived Peer and Personal Alcohol Use Across Young Adulthood.
Traci M KennedyChristine A P WaltherSarah L PedersenKirsten M P McKoneElizabeth M GnagyWilliam E PelhamBrooke S G MolinaPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2020)
Young adult heavy drinking changes in tandem with perceived peer alcohol use across individuals and predicts selection of alcohol-using peers from year to year within individuals, further into adulthood than previously documented. Findings suggest the centrality of relationships with alcohol-consuming friends in relation to one's heavy drinking, especially for young adults with ADHD histories, through the twenties.