ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT.docx

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ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT.docx

Substance use and violence appear to devastate contemporary societies and have today become a vital concern challenging health care experts in countries that are developing. Problems related to the use of substances are noted to be prevalent among youth. Extensive programs of research regarding substance dependence show that youth try using substances in their early adolescent phase (Johnston, O’Malley, Bachman, and Schulenberg, 2007). Significant attempts have been completed to find out the risk factors and signs of adolescents’ utility of substances. In the early stages of one’s adolescence, conduct and thoughts toward the use of substances are gained. Youth between the ages of 11 to 21 years are susceptible to long-lasting risk behaviors that lead to substance use and belligerent conduct (Grunbaum, Kann, Kinchen, Ross, Hawkins, Lowry, Harris, McManus, Chyen, and Collins, 2004).

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT.docx

13 % of college adolescents recorded using tobacco, and an affirmative connection was identified between substance abuse challenges and suicidal thoughts, run-on with the law and college, challenges with sexual health, and parental use of substances/alcohol (Hamdan-Mansour and Marmash, 2007). The impacts of substance dependence and abuse on the youth are astounding in relation to substance reliance, harm, unlawful actions, bad academic performance, precarious sexual conduct, and soaring costs to the immediate society (Weitzma, Nelson, Lee, and Wechsler, 2004). This literature review is to deliberate on matters of alcohol use and its abuse among adolescents and its connection to social support. The use of Alcohol among Youth Adolescence refers to that phase of life linking childhood and adulthood or linking early teenage years to the early 20s.

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Even though there is no specific age where adolescents grow to be adults, the adult must be financially independent, employed, and married (Gullotta, Adamsand Markstrom, 2000). This phase is also typified by a high capacity for setting off longstanding risky conduct. Numerous concepts were created to explicate the use of alcohol among adolescents. This heightening concern arose from the findings in adult alcohol research. The investigations into young adult alcohol use showed that abuse is related to many health challenges, weakened social abilities, professional performance, and proficiency (Hamdan-Mansour and Dawani, 2009). Age, sexual characteristics, race, and physical location are

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT.docx

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