TRANSITION INTO YOUNG ADULTHOOD--OUTCOMES FOR ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL ABUSERS

这项研究项目包括两项前瞻性的纵向研究 一群青少年。这两组人将包括1)年轻人和 在最初五年的资助期间在ARCH接受评估的妇女 以及2)在更新期间将被招募的青少年 期间(06-10年)。在第一个持续的队列中，重点将是 关于青春期晚期或青春期的长期结果 与酒精有广泛接触的青少年，从小到大 用于诊断酒精使用障碍。在第二组中，注意 将重点放在中晚期酗酒的后果 青少年。这个新队列的主要用途是它将允许 假设的发展任务完成变量的分析 调停酗酒/依赖与 更长期的结果。假说是青春期的酒精滥用 干扰了儿童发育任务的成功解决 这一生命阶段导致了后来的各种负面后果 青春期和青壮年。

This research project involves a prospective, longitudinal study of two cohorts of adolescents. The two cohorts will consist of 1) young men and women who were evaluated at PARCH during the initial five years of funding of the Center, and 2) adolescents who will be recruited during the renewal period (Years 06-10). In the first, continuing cohort, the focus will be on longer-term outcomes in late adolescence or young adulthood among adolescents who have a wide range of involvement with alcohol, from little use to diagnosed alcohol use disorder. In the second cohort, attention will be focused on the consequences of alcohol abuse among middle and late adolescents. The major utility of th new cohort is that it will permit analysis of developmental task completion variables that are hypothesized to mediate the relationship between alcohol abuse/dependence and the longer-term outcomes. The hypothesis is that alcohol abuse in adolescence interferes with the successful resolution of the developmental tasks of this life stage which leads to a variety of negative outcomes in later adolescence and young adulthood.