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Adolescent Girls with Male Friends More Likely to Have Substance Abuse Problems
Posted on March 16, 2011
A new study has found that girls who quickly make friends with boys early in life are more likely to develop substance abuse problems in late adolescence. In childhood, boys and girls tend to form almost exclusively same-sex friendships, and in early adolescence, they gradually begin to incorporate friends of the opposite sex. During adolescence, they tend to continue this incorporation of opposite-sex friends at a faster pace.
Young Men More Likely to Drink and Do Drugs When Love Ends
Posted on March 1, 2011
When romance goes bad, a young man is more likely to abuse drugs or drink than a young woman, according to a new study from Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
Study Examines Influence of Adolescent Romance on Partner Alcohol Use
Posted on October 7, 2009
The question of which came first enters into a variety of scenarios when studying activities, habits and friends of adolescents. When alcohol is entered into the mix, one of the questions asked is in relation to the people surrounding the adolescent. Are these people in the picture because of the alcohol, or are they the reason for it?
