TRANSITION INTO YOUNG ADULTHOOD--OUTCOMES FOR ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL ABUSERS

该研究项目涉及两个前瞻性的纵向研究， 青少年群体。 这两批人将由1）年轻人和 在最初五年的资助期间在PARCH接受评估的妇女 2）更新期间招募的青少年 期间（06-10年）。 在第一个持续的队列中，重点将是 在青少年后期或青年期的长期结果， 青少年谁有广泛的参与与酒精，从小 用于诊断酒精使用障碍。 在第二个队列中，注意力 将重点关注酗酒的后果， 青少年。 新队列的主要用途是，它将允许 发展任务完成变量分析 调解酒精滥用/依赖与 长期的结果。 假设是青春期的酗酒 干扰成功解决的发展任务， 这个生命阶段会导致各种各样的负面结果， 青春期和青年期。

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.