Abstract
About 80% of adolescents in the United States are experimenting with alcohol by age 15 (Davies, 2012). A major factor in this rate of alcohol use can be explained by adolescent’s propensity for learning from their environment (Tomilson & Brown, 2012). Unfortunately, the current social climate teenagers are experiencing could be promoting alcohol involvement (Coker & Borders, 2001). This review examines the impact of several social attitudes and pressures contributing to adolescent problem drinking. Further understanding of these factors may be valuable to parents and professionals aiming to prevent the development of problem adolescent drinking behaviors.
Recommended Citation
(2015)
"The Promotion of Adolescent Problem Drinking Through Social Attitudes and Pressures,"
Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology: Vol. 10:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/intuition/vol10/iss1/7