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Late-Adolescents’ Perceptions Of The Affects Of Alcohol Use On Level Of Functioning, Rose Lucey, Ramona M. Bitanga, Annette M. Wilson

Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Research Exchange Conference

Late adolescence is a developmental transition period in which social/cultural factors, interpersonal factors and psycho-behavioral factors may lead to the establishment and continuity of problematic alcohol use behavior from late adolescence to early adulthood. The longitudinal research suggests that problematic alcohol use during late adolescence has a negative impact on an adolescent’s level of functioning and potentially later functioning in adulthood. However, the research is limited, in part due to a limited understanding of how an adolescent’s alcohol use affects their level of functioning. The purpose of this study was to improve our understanding of the affect of alcohol use …