Alcohol misuse by the young: problems and solutions

Prevention of alcohol misuse among children, youths and young adults

BACKGROUND Despite many activities to prevent risky alcohol consumption among adolescents and young adults there is an increase of alcohol intoxications in the group of ten to twenty year old juveniles. OBJECTIVES This report gives an overview about the recent literature as well as the German federal prevention system regarding activities concerning behavioral and policy prevention of risky a...

WITHDRAWN: Primary prevention for alcohol misuse in young people.

BACKGROUND Alcohol misuse is a cause of concern for health services, policy makers, prevention workers, the criminal justice system, youth workers, teachers and parents. OBJECTIVES 1. To identify and summarize rigorous evaluations of psychosocial and educational interventions aimed at the primary prevention of alcohol misuse by young people. 2. To assess the effectiveness of primary preventio...

Emergency departments are well placed to identify alcohol misuse problems.

A prospective study of alcohol expectancies and self-efficacy as predictors of young adolescent alcohol misuse.

AIMS To test the relative contribution of two key Social Learning Theory constructs, alcohol expectancies (AEs) and drinking refusal self-efficacy (DRSE), in predicting early adolescent drinking behavior and examine the possible mediational role of DRSE over AE. METHODS High school students (N = 192, mean age 14) were administered measures assessing AE (Drinking Expectancy Questionnaire--Adol...

Alcohol misuse in adolescents

Alcohol misuse in young people is of growing concern, even though alcohol consumption among adolescents has declined over recent years. Many 15 year olds have already consumed alcohol and adolsecents tend to consume large quantities of alcohol in one sitting. This article describes the problem of alcohol misuse in young people and the nurse’s role in the prevention and treatment of alcohol misu...