Sipping Alcohol
The article I reviewed is entitled “The Prospective Association Between Sipping Alcohol by the Sixth Grade and Later Substance Use” by Kristina M. Jackson, Nancy P. Barnett, Suzanne M. Colby, and Michelle L. Rogers. This study focuses on discovering whether or not alcohol consumption at a young age causes risky behaviors in the later youth stages. Early alcohol use causes subsequent unfortunate outcomes such as alcohol problems, use disorders, risky sexual behaviors, lower school achievement, unintentional injury, and suicidality. The researchers explored whether sipping alcohol was an indicator of risk for problem behaviors, impulsive personality traits, biological history of alcoholism, alcohol use in the home environment, the type of beverage,