(Press-News.org) Scientists from Yale University report that in addition to participation in school-based extracurricular activities, U.S. adolescents who participate in faith-based or community-based extracurricular activities may be more likely to identify the risks of binge-drinking behavior, which could be an important consideration when developing preventions for excessive alcohol consumption.
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Article URL: https://plos.io/4jHh7Dd
Article Title: Adolescent extracurricular activities and perception of risk of harm from binge drinking
Author Countries: United States
Funding: This study was financially supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (https://nida.nih.gov) in the form of a "NIDA Helping to End Addiction Long-Term (HEAL)" award (UH3DA050251) received by LF. This study was also financially supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in the form of a "NIDA Diversity Supplement" award (UH3DA050251-031S1) and a grant (K23DA059638) received by KA. This study was also financially supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (https://www.dorisduke.org) in the form of an award (2020145) administered through the Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists at Yale received by KA. This study was also financially supported by the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (https://medicine.yale.edu/center-clinical-investigation) in the form of "Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program" awards received by C-SFF (KL2TR001862) and KA (UL1TR001863). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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