Chapter 2. Risk and Protective Factors for Underage Drinking

A wide range of factors is known to influence adolescent alcohol use behaviours as reviewed by Hawkins, Catalano, and Miller (1992). Although somewhat outdated as a review, the categorization of the risk factors is still useful. The authors distinguish between on the one hand individual and interpersonal factors and on the other hand contextual factors. Like almost all human behaviour, alcohol use – though fundamentally the behaviour of individuals – occurs in the context of societies with th..