Difficult childhoods can lead to teenage drinking, African study finds
Monday, July 5, 2010 - 08:07
in Psychology & Sociology
An African study has found a link between a difficult childhood and alcohol consumption as a teenager. Researchers studied the association between adverse childhood experiences and drunkenness among 9,189 adolescents aged 12-19 years living in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda.