"The researchers then looked at how the five variables worked in concert. Surprisingly, a best friend who drank and had access to alcohol was the most important predictor. In fact, adolescents whose best friend used alcohol were twice as likely to have a first drink, the researchers found. Moreover, if considered independently of the other variables, teenagers whose best friends drank are three times as likely to begin drinking themselves, the study found, underscoring the sway that friends have in adolescents' drinking behavior. "Family history doesn't necessarily drive the age of first drink," notes Kuperman....
"We're trying to separate out those who experiment with alcohol to those who go on to problematic drinking," he says."
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