An Analysis of Environmental and Social Factors Affecting Adolescent Problem Drinking

✍ Scribed by J. Kelly Coker; L. DiAnne Borders

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 274 KB
• Volume: 79
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2001.tb01961.x

✦ Synopsis

Researchers only recently have begun to examine the environmental and contextual factors that influence adolescent drinking behavior. The objective of this study was to create and test a comprehensive model of adolescent problem drinking. Items from the National Education Longitudinal Study: 1988–1994 (NELS:88; National Center for Educational Statistics, 1996) were used to create measurement models for all latent variables in the hypothesized structural model. Results indicated that high levels of parental support and a positive school climate in the 8th grade influence the formation of relationships with peers with positive values in the 10th grade that guarded against problem‐drinking behavior in the 10th grade.