Best predictor of young adult drinking. Peers socialize one another to drink by modeling, imitating or reinforcing drinking behavior. Also peer selection goes on in that people chose to associate with people who are like them. Personal dispositional factors, including family history of alcoholism. Positive expectancies of drinking outcome is related to heavy drinking.
Young drinkers believe that the degree of enjoyment is directly related to the amount consumed.
Teaches adolescents how to recognize social pressure from peers, older siblings and the media. Trains adolescents how to cope with high-pressure situations by developing social skills to refuse alcohol and drug offers in a way that they don't experience negative consequences such as losing friends. Program Evaluation 1. Slightly better outcome than programs aimed at knowledge acquisition. Adolescents and preadolescents are able to learn the assertive skills taught in the program and can refuse not only the drug that they practiced on but other drugs and alcohol as well.