@article{ref1,
title="Current high-intensity drinking among eighth and tenth grade students in the U.S.",
journal="American journal of preventive medicine",
year="2017",
author="Patrick, Megan E. and Terry-McElrath, Yvonne M. and Miech, Richard A. and O'Malley, Patrick M. and Schulenberg, John E. and Johnston, Lloyd D.",
volume="53",
number="6",
pages="904-908",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: This study assessed the prevalence of current high-intensity drinking (i.e., having ten or more drinks in a row in the past 2 weeks) among national samples of U.S. eighth and tenth grade students (at modal ages 14 and 16 years, respectively). <br><br>METHODS: Data on high-intensity drinking were provided by 10,210 students participating in the nationally representative Monitoring the Future study in 2016, and analyzed in 2016-2017. Prevalence levels and interactions between grade and key covariates were estimated using procedures that adjusted for the Monitoring the Future study's complex sampling design. <br><br>RESULTS: Approximately 2% of adolescents reported current high-intensity drinking, with significant differences by grade (1.2% of eighth graders; 3.1% of tenth graders) and gender (1.7% female; 2.3% male). High-intensity drinking was significantly higher among eighth and tenth grade students who reported any cigarette or marijuana use than among students who reported never using either substance. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A meaningful percentage of young adolescents in the U.S. engage in high-intensity drinking.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0749-3797",
doi="10.1016/j.amepre.2017.06.027",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2017.06.027"
}