Michael Windle 
Alcohol Use Among Adolescents 

Adolescent alcohol use is prominent among today′s teens and has elicited rising concerns among parents, health practitioners, social policymakers, and the public at large. Yet there is an absence of a relatively concise book that summarizes and integrates existing knowledge on the various facets of adolescent alcohol use. This book attempts to fill this void by integrating research from the multiple fields of study (e.g., prevalence of use), describing measurement approaches (e.g., survey and clinical diagnostic), reviewing risk and protective factors, reporting on findings from prominent prevention and treatment studies, and suggesting future research directions. The coverage is intended to examine issues relevant to etiology, developmental courses, and prevention and treatment, as well as to identify future research directions.

Table of Content

Scope of Adolescent Alcohol Use

An Introduction

Measurement and Diagnosis

Risk and Protective Factors

Approaches to the Prevention of Alcohol Use and Abuse

Conceptual and Methodological Issues and Future Research Directions

About the author

MICHAEL WINDLE, Ph D is a Rollins Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education in Emory¿s Rollins School of Public Health. In 1984 he received his Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from The Pennsylvania State University and then was a Research Scientist at the Research Institute on Addictions in Buffalo, NY for eleven years. Subsequent to this, Dr. Windle accepted a position at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as a Professor of Psychology and Director of the UAB Center for the Advancement of Youth Health and the CDC-funded Comprehensive Youth Violence Center. In the fall of 2006, Dr. Windle joined Emory University in his current chair position. He is a developmental psychopathologist with interests in risk and protective factors for child and adolescent alcohol and other substance use, mental health, and violence. Dr. Windle has had continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for over 23 consecutive years and received an NIH MERIT Award in 1996 for his research on adolescent alcohol use and related problems. In 2001, Dr. Windle was acknowledged professionally as in the top 5% for research productivity among developmental scientists He has published over 200 journal articles and book chapters, and three books: Children of Alcoholics: Critical Perspectives, The Science of Prevention, and Alcohol Use among Adolescents.