Shifting Age of Peak Binge Drinking Prevalence: Historical Changes in Normative Trajectories Among Young Adults Aged 18 to 30.
Megan E PatrickYvonne M Terry-McElrathStephanie T LanzaJustin JagerJohn E SchulenbergPatrick M O'MalleyPublished in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2019)
An older age of peak binge drinking and a decreased rate of decline in the prevalence of binge drinking in later young adulthood among more recent cohorts have resulted in an extension of individual and societal risks associated with binge drinking, particularly for women, across young adulthood. High-risk alcohol use prevention efforts are needed throughout at least the third decade of life.