reflective of underlying depression which is masked by alcohol use (see, for example, Cooper, Frone, Russell, & Peirce, 1997). Additionally, some research suggests that the relationship between depression and elevated drinking for adolescent girls is associated with greater reported symptoms of anxiety (Poulin, Hand, Boudreau, & Santor, 2005) and incidents of sexual trauma (Champion, Foley, DuRant, Hensberry, Altman, & Wolfson, 2004). Depression clearly influences the emergence of AUDs differentially for young men compared to women; however, the exact nature of this relationship is as yet unclear.
