Journal•ISSN: 0899-3289
Journal of Substance Abuse
Elsevier BV
About: Journal of Substance Abuse is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Poison control & Substance abuse. It has an ISSN identifier of 0899-3289. Over the lifetime, 452 publications have been published receiving 25226 citations.
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TL;DR: The relationship between age at first use of alcohol and the prevalence of lifetime alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, among all U.S. adults and within subgroups defined by sex and race is examined.
1,791 citations
TL;DR: This review critically examines the literature on each form of peer influence and provides suggestions for future research.
1,264 citations
TL;DR: These five groups of subjects demonstrated no differences on demographic characteristics but significantly differed on Alcohol Use Inventory subscales, a temptation to drink and abstinence self-efficacy measure as well as several outcome variables.
683 citations
TL;DR: Several other risk factors were found to be strong and consistent predictors of abuse and dependence in 1989 and 1994, including being male, divorced, separated or never married, younger, and having an early history antisocial behaviors and marijuana use.
575 citations
TL;DR: It is found that early onset drug use is a significant predictor of the subsequent development of drug abuse over the life course and the need for further research and its integration with prevention efforts is discussed.
555 citations