@article{ref1,
title="Self-Cognitions, Risk Factors for Alcohol Problems, and Drinking in Preadolescent Urban Youth",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent substance abuse",
year="2010",
author="Corte, Colleen M. and Szalacha, Laura",
volume="19",
number="5",
pages="406-423",
abstract="We examined relationships between self-structure and known precursors for alcohol problems in 9-12 year old primarily Black and Latino youth (N=79). Parental alcohol problems and being female predicted few positive and many negative self-cognitions and a future-oriented self-cognition related to alcohol ('drinking possible self'). Nineteen percent of the sample reported ever drinking, but 40% of those with a 'drinking possible self' reported ever drinking. Compared never drinkers, youth who reported ever drinking had fewer self-cognitions. The self-structure may be an important mechanism through which parental alcohol problems and antisocial behavior lead to early alcohol use, and a viable target of interventions aimed at preventing early alcohol use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1067-828X",
doi="10.1080/1067828X.2010.515882",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2010.515882"
}