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ArticleSubstance abuse2015

A Long-Term Longitudinal Examination of the Effect of Early Onset of Alcohol and Drug Use on Later Alcohol Abuse.

Christine McCauley Ohannessian, Laura J Finan, Jessica Schulz, Victor Hesselbrock

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Article in Substance abuse, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christine McCauley Ohannessiana Children's Center for Community Research , Connecticut Children's Medical Center , Hartford , Connecticut , USA.
Laura J Financ University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware , USA.
Jessica Schulzc University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware , USA.
Victor Hesselbrockb University of Connecticut School of Medicine , Farmington , Connecticut , USA.
University of Connecticut · USUniversity of Delaware · US

Funding

Vulnerabilities for coping-related drinking among post-college young adultsP60AA003510 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HESSELBROCK, VICTOR M · 2008 to 2017
$17.5M
WHO COLLABORATIVE PROJECT ON MANAGEMENT OF HARMFUL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTIONP50AA003510 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI PETRY, NANCY M · 1985 to 2007
$13.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS AA03510NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA003510
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEarly onset of alcohol use has been linked to later alcohol problems in adulthood. Currently, it is not clear whether early onset of marijuana and tobacco use similarly predicts alcohol problems. Moreover, most studies examining the effect of early substance use onset on later problems only have followed youth into their early 20s. Therefore, the primary goal of this study was to examine whether early onset of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use predicts alcohol problems beyond the transition to adulthood.

methodsThe sample included 225 15-19-year-old youth (60% girls; 62% Caucasian) who were surveyed in three time periods: 1993-1998 (Time 1), 1998-2003 (Time 2), and 2003-2007 (Time 3). Participants reported their age of onset for regular drinking, tobacco use, and marijuana use. At each time of measurement, they also completed surveys relating to their alcohol use and abuse.

resultsParticipants with an earlier age of onset of drinking regularly scored higher on the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) and drank more frequently to get high and drunk throughout their 20s. Tobacco use onset and marijuana use onset were not associated with later alcohol use or abuse.

conclusionsResults from this study suggest that the relationship between the onset of substance use and later substance abuse may be substance specific. Of note, early onset of regular drinking was associated with alcohol problems during adulthood, underscoring the importance of delaying the onset of regular alcohol use among youth.

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AdolescentAdultAge FactorsAge of OnsetAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismConnecticutFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMarijuana SmokingTobacco UseYoung AdultAdolescencealcohollongitudinalmarijuanatobacco

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PMID25671782
PMCPMC4532648
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