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Adolescents' Perceptions of Alcohol
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Roy, Amit; Ikonen, Risto; Keinonen, Tuula; Kumar, Kuldeep – Health Education, 2017
Purpose: Rising trends in alcohol consumption and early drinking initiation pose serious health risks especially for adolescents. Learner's prior knowledge about alcohol gained from the social surroundings and the media are important sources that can impact the learning outcomes in health education. The purpose of this paper is to map adolescents'…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Health Education, Foreign Countries
Nearly Half of College Student Treatment Admissions Were for Primary Alcohol Abuse. Data Spotlight
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2012
Many students, and the public in general, believe that drinking alcohol is a normal part of the college experience. Unfortunately, students' efforts to "be sociable" or "fit in" can escalate into substance use behavior that puts their health and well-being at risk: One in four full-time college students have experienced past year alcohol abuse or…
Descriptors: College Students, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Substance Abuse
Parental Distress as a Mediator of Problem Behaviors in Sons of Alcohol-Involved Families.
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Loukas, Alexandra; Piejak, Lisa A.; Bingham, C. Raymond; Fitzgerald, Hiram E.; Zucker, Robert A. – Family Relations, 2001
Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis that parental distress would mediate relations between parental lifetime alcohol and physical health problems and child behavior problems. Results indicated that sons of parents with alcohol and physical health problems are at elevated risk for behavior problems, partly related to…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems
Alcohol and Primary Health Care. WHO Regional Publications, European Series No. 64.
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Anderson, Peter – 1995
The European Alcohol Action Plan stresses that health care systems, traditionally involved in the management of alcohol problems, must play a greater role in the detection and prevention of alcohol-related harm. Primary health care is seen as an important setting for identifying individuals at risk from heavy drinking and helping them to reduce…
Descriptors: Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Family Health
The Transmission of Psychopathology from Parents to Offspring: Development and Treatment in Context.
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Schwartz, Seth J.; Liddle, Howard A. – Family Relations, 2001
Reported that parental alcoholism is prognostic of childhood behavior problems, both directly, through genetic and modeling effects, and indirectly, through parental distress and physical problems. It was hypothesized that the heightened rate of behavior problems in children of alcoholics could be traced to the combination of negative interactions…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems
Changing the Focus of College Alcohol Prevention Programs
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Jung, John R. – Journal of American College Health, 2003
Two influential formulations concerning college alcohol problems emphasize seemingly conflicting views about the magnitude of college alcohol abuse. One view insists that binge drinking is pervasive and shows no sign of decline. The other is based on the result from the College Alcohol Survey (CAS) which showed that just under half (44%) of…
Descriptors: Prevention, Discussion Groups, Peer Counseling, Peer Influence