Abstract On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic due to the
global outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While scientists have …

Background This review aims to identify whether risky decision-making is increased in
substance users, and the impact of substance type, polysubstance use status, abstinence …

Universal school-based interventions that address adolescent 'resilience'may represent a
means of reducing adolescent substance use, however previous systematic reviews have …

This chapter was prepared when all authors were at Columbia University's Teachers
College; Luthar and Small are currently at Arizona State University. The authors gratefully …

Not everyone who experiments with substance use or risky behavior becomes addicted, and
many who are addicted have been able to recover. This authoritative book, now revised and …

Background: Tobacco-related heath inequalities are a major public health concern, with
smoking being more prevalent among lower socioeconomic groups. The aim of this study is …

Using academic achievement as the key outcome variable, 7377 Icelandic adolescents
were surveyed for cigarette smoking, alcohol use, daytime sleepiness, caffeine use, and …

Background As epidemiological surveys have shown, binge drinking is a constant and wide-
spread problem behavior in adolescents. It is not rare to find that more than half of all …

Background Concern is growing regarding frequent and excessive misuse of alcohol by
young people. The average age at which young people in Europe start to drink is twelve and …

This study investigates the different roles played by protective factors and risk factors—and
by particular protective and risk factors—when the concern is with accounting for adolescent …