Patrick Miller
University of the West of England
25 Papers
286 Citations
Patrick Miller is an academic researcher from University of the West of England. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Binge drinking. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 25 publications.
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Papers
Family structure and adolescent cigarette smoking in eleven European countries.
Thoroddur Bjarnason,Aleksandra G. Davidaviciene,Patrick Miller,Alojz Nociar,Andreas Pavlakis,Eva Stergar +5 more
TL;DR: Adolescents living with both biological parents Smoke less than their counterparts in most other family types, and adolescents living with single mothers or fathers-stepmothers smoke less than those living in other non-traditional family structures.
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The family, peer influences and substance use: findings from a study of UK teenagers
Martin Plant,Patrick Miller +1 more
TL;DR: The relative importance of several family and peer variables in predicting adolescent substance use was examined using data from the UK part of the European Schools Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD).
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Parental guidance about drinking: Relationship with teenage psychoactive substance use
Patrick Miller,Martin Plant +1 more
TL;DR: Substance use was least common amongst students whose parents discouraged drinking and those who claimed to have received no parental guidance, while the heaviest substance users were teenagers from families with more favourable, tolerant attitudes to alcohol and intoxication.
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The social consequences of binge drinking: a comparison of young adults in six European countries
TL;DR: People in the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Denmark were more likely to suffer at least one consequence than those in Spain and the Isle of Man and there was considerable variations in this respect between countries.
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Daily exercise and anabolic steroids use in adolescents: a cross-national European study.
TL;DR: Findings indicate that daily exercising appears to increase the risk of anabolic steroid use in adolescents, however, a more general pattern of closely interlinked deviant types of behavior, such as other drug use and aggressive behavior, is prominent.
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