Login / Signup

The relationship between age at first drink and later risk behaviours during a period of youth drinking decline.

Michael LivingstonJonas RaninenAmy PennaySarah Callinan
Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2022)
The decline in youth drinking may have contributed to a concentration of risk of alcohol problems among those young people who consume alcohol in early adolescence. Early initiation of drinking may be an increasingly important marker of broader risk taking as alcohol becomes less normative for teenagers.
Keyphrases
  • alcohol consumption
  • mental health
  • physical activity
  • young adults
  • depressive symptoms