@article{ref1,
title="Drinking styles of adolescents and young adults",
journal="Journal of studies on alcohol",
year="1990",
author="Kilty, K. M.",
volume="51",
number="6",
pages="556-564",
abstract="Drinking among adolescents and young adults has received more attention during the recent past, but little research has focused on the drinking styles that might characterize younger people. A typology of drinking behavior has special relevance for this group, since the adolescent years and young adult years are formative in the development of drinking habits. This study used a model that had been applied to &quot;normal&quot; drinking behaviors of adults. However, the set of drinking variables was expanded to cover a wider range of activities, and a second set of behaviors, intended to reflect potential &quot;problem&quot; drinking, were derived from the National Council on Alcoholism criteria for the diagnosis of alcoholism. The set of 55 &quot;normal&quot; drinking behaviors was factor analyzed, yielding a six-factor structure. The first four factors were quite similar to previous work on adult drinking styles, and the remaining two factors clearly related to the drinking of younger people. The &quot;problem&quot; drinking variables yielded a two-factor structure, one set consisting of serious but uncommon experiences and the second set consisting of less serious and more common experiences. Several of the &quot;normal&quot; drinking factors were significant predictors of the &quot;problem&quot; drinking scores, suggesting that certain styles of drinking are more likely than others to lead to later problems.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0096-882X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}