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Meisel, Samuel N.; Colder, Craig R.; Bowker, Julie C.; Hussong, Andrea M. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The current study examined developmentally informed pathways from peer victimization and exclusion to adolescent alcohol use. Using multiple informants (target and peer report of negative peer experiences) and a longitudinal sample of 387 adolescents, we examined 2 developmental pathways from these negative peer experiences to alcohol use, 1…
Descriptors: Victims, Peer Relationship, Bullying, Adolescents
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Romosz, Ann Marie; Quigley, Brian M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2013
Approximately 80% of college students drink alcohol; almost half of these students reporting that they drink to get drunk and over 22% engage in heavy episodic drinking. Heavy alcohol consumption during the transition from high school to college is associated with negative personal and academic consequences. Sixty-seven freshmen volunteered to…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Freshmen, High Schools, Correlation
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Schwinn, Traci M.; Schinke, Steven P. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2014
Peer and parent influences on alcohol use and related risky behaviors were examined in a sample of late-adolescent (M = 17.3 years; SD = 1.11 years) urban youths. Participants (N = 400) completed an online measure assessing peer influences of alcohol use and alcohol offers and also parental influences of rules against alcohol use and perceived…
Descriptors: Drinking, Parent Influence, Correlation, Parent Child Relationship
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Caetano, Raul; Vaeth, Patrice A. C.; Rodriguez, Lori A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the association between acculturation, birthplace, and alcohol-related social problems across Hispanic national groups. A total of 5,224 Hispanic adults (18+ years) were interviewed using a multistage cluster sample design in Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Houston, and Los Angeles. Multivariate analysis…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Mexican Americans, Acculturation, Alcohol Abuse
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Eiden, Rina D.; Ostrov, Jamie M.; Colder, Craig R.; Leonard, Kenneth E.; Edwards, Ellen P.; Orrange-Torchia, Toni – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2010
This study examined the association between parents' alcoholism and peer bullying and victimization in middle childhood in 162 community-recruited families (80 girls and 82 boys) with and without alcohol problems. Toddler-mother attachment was assessed at 18 months of child age, and child reports of peer bullying and victimization were obtained in…
Descriptors: Bullying, Mothers, Alcoholism, Toddlers
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Miller, Kathleen E.; Hoffman, Joseph H.; Barnes, Grace M.; Farrell, Michael P.; Sabo, Don; Melnick, Merrill J. – Journal of Drug Education, 2003
Alcohol remains the drug of choice for many adolescents; however, the nature of the relationship between athletic involvement and alcohol misuse remains ambiguous. In this article, we used a longitudinal sample of over 600 Western New York adolescents and their families to explore the gender-specific and race-specific relationships between…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Social Problems, Athletics, Alcohol Abuse