Drinking Behavior Among Teen-Agers: A Comparison of Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Youth
- 1 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Health and Social Behavior
- Vol. 8 (1), 46-54
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2948491
Abstract
This paper reports on two studies of New Hampshire youth concerning their use, non-use, or mis-use of beverage alcohol. The main focus in on a comparison of institutionalized delinquents with a sample of junior and senior high school students. The findings reveal considerable differences between the two groups, among which are the following: fewer students than delinquents were likely to have continued drinking after their first experience with alcohol; much more evidence of "serious" drinking behavior was detected among the delinquents than among the students; and the delinquents drank for tension relief much more frequently than did the students.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Juvenile Delinquency and Drinking BehaviorJournal of Health and Human Behavior, 1963