Alcohol and Young People - Research and Studies

last updated: May 11, 2013
Alcohol and Young People - Research and Studies

Mar 2013	Spanish female university students get drunk more rapidly than their male counterparts
Mar 2013	Not early drinking but early drunkenness is a risk factor for problem behaviours among adolescents from 38 European and North American countries
Jan 2013	Drinkaware survey suggests that kids’ attitude to alcohol is linked their parents’ habits
Jan 2013	Demos report on parents with alcohol problems
Jan 2013	Fewer USA youth trying alcohol and cigarettes before age 13
Jan 2013	Students who preload before going out spend more
Jan 2013	Spanish study finds young people who go out drinking start earlier and consume more alcohol
Jan 2013	Authoritative mothers influence behaviour of teenagers’ friends
Jan 2013	Young people admit to being hungover when at work in UK survey
Jan 2013	Survey finds young adults more likely to smoke cannabis than drink before driving
Jan 2013	The European Foundation for Alcohol Research and The Foundation for Alcohol Research meeting on underage drinking
Dec 2012	Alcohol warning labels: unlikely to affect alcohol-related beliefs and behaviours in adolescents
Dec 2012	EU Youth Report 2012 prioritises health and well-being
Nov 2012	Process evaluation and feasibility study of In:tuition, a life skills education programme for young people aged 9-14 years
Nov 2012	Teens who learn to express their opinions are better able to resist peer pressure, study finds
Nov 2012	Italy: Survey shows 59% of young people had their first drink with their parents
Nov 2012	Young people - what messages on alcohol would make them take notice and affect their drinking? An interesting new study funded by Comic Relief and Alcohol Research UK
Nov 2012	Mothers' drinking habits may affect their children's consumption long term
Sep 2012	Binge drinking to fit in at US colleges
Sep 2012	Local variations in youth drinking cultures
Sep 2012	A positive choice: Young people who drink little or no alcohol
Sep 2012	Kings Fund report explores drinking, smoking, diet and exercise links and impacts
Sep 2012	National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVII: Teens
Sep 2012	Boozy Britain – a critical discussion on binge drinking and young people
Sep 2012	Teens who learn to express their opinions are better able to resist peer pressure, study finds
June 2012	Young people - what messages on alcohol would make them take notice and affect their drinking?
May 2012	Do peers’ parents matter? A new link between positive parenting and adolescent substance us
Mar 2012	Evidence that parental provision may reduce later heavy episodic drinking.
Feb 2012	Patterns of alcohol use in early adolescence predict problem use at age 16 - UK study reinforces Chief Medical Officers’ guidance to parents of delaying the age of first drink to age 15
Feb 2012	Text messages may help young adults cut down on alcohol consumption
Jan 2011	Young people’s beliefs about the harmfulness of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco for mental disorders
Nov 2011	UK parents want schools to support their children‘s social and emotional development
Nov 2011	Community effort brings lasting drop in smoking, delinquency, drug use
Nov 2011	Eating together, family structure and risk behaviour
Nov 2011	Few parents believe that their children drink alcohol
Nov 2011	Significant report from UK think Tank DEMOS reaffirms parents as having the most influence
Nov 2011	Teens more likely to drink when they have large networks of friends
Sep 2011	Young people, alcohol and influences: Joseph Rowntree Foundation report emphasises parental influence
Sep 2011	Parents know best, but are they accurate? Parental normative misperceptions and their relationship to students’ alcohol-related outcomes
Sep 2011	Life goals and alcohol use among first-year college students: The role of motives to limit drinking
Sep 2011	Poor parenting increases likelihood of binge drinking at ages 16 and 34
Jun 2011	Parental monitoring of opposite-gender child may decrease problem drinking in young
Jun 2011	How children learn to say ‘no’ in Germany
Jun 2011	Teenage thinking on teenage drinking: 15- to 16-year olds’ experiences of alcohol in Northern Ireland
Apr 2011	Young US alcohol users often get alcohol from family or home
Apr 2011	Parents drinking habits shape the drinking motives of adolescents
Apr 2011	Parental monitoring of opposite-gender child may decrease problem drinking in young
Feb 2011	Rural underage binge drinkers put their health at risk in Germany
Feb 2011	Children with ADHD much more likely to develop substance abuse problems as they age
Feb 2011	Heavy drinking in older teenagers has long-term and short-term consequences
Feb 2011	Rowntree foundation report - Teenage drinking cultures
Feb 2011	Rowntree foundation report - The influence of family and friends on young people’s drinking
Jan 2011	Behind the Headlines - Social norms and student alcohol consumption
Jan 2011	Environmental prevention strategies reduce college drinking
Dec 2010	Young people and alcohol: influences on how they drink
Dec 2010	Two UK papers explore the influence of the family and parenting on young people and alcohol
Oct 2010	Student drinking almost equal by gender in Ireland
Oct 2010	De-Normalisation - How to reduce alcohol harm amongst young people
Oct 2010	Risky drinking and adverse sexual experiences in NZ university students
Sep 2010	Teens receiving interventions 40% less likely to binge drink
Sep 2010	Getting drunk key to bonding for young people
Aug 2010	Parents play an active role in changing the drinking culture
Aug 2010	Italy: harmful or protective factors?
Jun 2010	Puberty and sleep regulation can influence alcohol use during early adolescence
May 2010	The effectiveness of a school-based substance abuse prevention programme: 18 month follow-up of the EU-Dap cluster randomised controlled trial
May 2010	An exploratory study of the relationship between parental attitudes and behaviour and young people’s consumption of alcohol
Apr 2010	Public service announcements designed to reduce binge drinking in college students may lead to increased use
Apr 2010	The role of parents in preventing alcohol misuse
Mar 2010	‘Children, Young People and Alcohol’ DCSF report
Oct 2009	Adrian Furnham - Alcohol and young adults
Sep 2009	Too much too young - Alcohol misuse among young Londoners
Sep 2009	The importance of social norms - Changing perceptions about student drinking reduces alcohol misuse
May 2009	Healthy parent-child ties can reduce risk of excessive drinking for teenagers
May 2009	UK parents are leaving it too late to educate their children about alcohol
Apr 2009	College men unimpressed by female binge drinkers
Apr 2009	Key extracts from the report on trends in alcohol use among 15-16 year olds in 35 European countries - ESPAD
Dec 2008	Programme to deter youth alcohol use also reduces conduct problems
Dec 2008	Counselling on alcohol key to teens’ sexual health
Dec 2008	Australian youth priorities – the influence of family and friends
Dec 2008	Families, friends, schools and neighbourhoods influence adolescent alcohol misuse
Dec 2008	Motivations for young people in US
Dec 2008	Alcohol use amongst children is rooted in complex societal issues, says DCSF report
Nov 2008	UK Department for Children, Schools and Families - Report - Use of Alcohol among Children and Young People
Sep 2008	Family meals can help teen girls avoid drugs and alcohol
Aug 2008	The turning tides of intoxication: young people's drinking in Britain in the 2000s by Helena Conibear, Executive Director, AIM
Mar 2008	US survey reveals that college students show concern for others, and themselves
Mar 2008	US study highlights importance of parental monitoring
Jan 2008	Parental drinking and parenting practices influence adolescent drinking - be firm, but not too tough, it can be counter productive (AIM Feb 2008)
Jan 2008	US children keen to sip a drink - not to drink (AIM Jan 2008)
Jan 2008	NIAAA - What Colleges Need to Know Now An Update on College Drinking Research
Feb 2007	ESPAD - Alcohol and Drug Use Among European 17-18 Year Old Students
May 2007	EFRD - Scientific focus on Alcohol and Young People
2006	Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug use and Health
2006	AERC - Alcohol Sales to underage Adolescents
2005	Anheuser-Busch - Development worldwide ID Checking Survey