We examined known risk factors for alcoholism by searching PsychINFO databases using keywords: ‘gender differences’; ‘alcohol’; ‘adolescent’. Findings were then evaluated to determine whether the risk factor was “shared” or “different” across gender. Additional studies were sourced from recent reviews from the adolescent and adult literature (Amaro, Blake, Schwartz, & Flinchbaugh, 2001; Nolem-Hoeksema, 2004).
