Mental health in adolescence as determinant of alcohol consumption trajectories in the Northern Swedish Cohort

Pekka Virtanen (), Tapio Nummi (), Tomi Lintonen (), Hugo Westerlund (), Bruno Hägglöf () and Anne Hammarström ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 3, 335-342

Abstract: This is the first study to show an association between internalized mental health problems in adolescence and lifelong heavy drinking. The study also confirmed a strong association between externalized behavior and heavy drinking, indicating a need of preventive measures in this group. Nevertheless, the analyses demonstrated that most teenagers with mental health problems continue along a reasonable drinking trajectory. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Internalized symptoms; Externalized behavior; Alcohol consumption; Trajectory; Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0651-5

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