This research aims to explore the risk behaviour tendencies of teenagers in relation to the use of Wattpad and some socio-demographic variables. The research employs correlational research model and was conducted with 572 students (237 female students and 335 male students) studying at science, Anatolia and vocational high school. Risk Behaviours…

Background: Early substance use co-occurs with youths' self-organization into deviant peer groups in which substance use is central to social interaction. We hypothesized that the social dynamics of deviant peer groups amplify the risk of progressing from early use to later dependence, and that this influence occurs over and above escalations…

A developmental cascade model for adolescent substance use beginning in infancy was examined in a sample of children with alcoholic and nonalcoholic parents. The model examined the role of parents' alcohol diagnoses, depression and antisocial behavior in a cascading process of risk via 3 major hypothesized pathways: first, via parental…