What do Developmental Assets have to do with underage drinking?
The partnership is based on the research conclusion that young people with many Developmental Assets are significantly less likely to use alcohol than those with few assets. Search Institute research with more than 2.3 million young people consistently shows that the more Developmental Assets young people experience, the less likely they are to engage in problem alcohol use. In fact, youth with high levels of assets (31–40) are 15 times less likely to engage in problem alcohol use than those with few assets (0–10). Download a fact sheet on Developmental Assets and underage drinking. Of course, many factors play roles in preventing young people from drinking alcohol. An asset-building approach complements, but does not replace, other policy and environmental strategies aimed at reducing underage drinking, such as prevention programs and the control strategies recommended by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine’s 2004 report Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Res
