ArticleThe American journal on addictions2017
The influence of substance use on depressive symptoms among young adult black men: The sensitizing effect of early adversity.
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- Binge alcohol and cannabis co-use associated with depression in Black men.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Should Marijuana Be Legalized: A Scoping Review of Associations of Marijuana and Depression.Cureus · 2023Article
- Intersectionality and Mental Health Among Emerging Adult Black American Men: a Scoping Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Article
- Risk, Protective, and Associated Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms and Campus Health Services Utilization Among Black Men on a College Campus.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- The Role of the Rural Context in the Transition to Adulthood: A Scoping Review.Adolescent research review · 2022Article
- Marijuana Use among African American Older Adults in Economically Challenged Areas of South Los Angeles.Brain sciences · 2019Article
- Oxytocin receptor gene methylation and substance use problems among young African American men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- Triple trajectories of alcohol use, tobacco use, and depressive symptoms as predictors of cannabis use disorders among urban adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesDepressive symptoms have been identified as an important consequence of substance use. Both heavy drinking and marijuana use have acute and short-term effects on systems that regulate emotion, increasing the potential for substance use to induce problems with negative affect and irritability. We investigated the effects of alcohol and marijuana use on depressive symptoms among a sample of young Black men. We also tested the stress sensitization hypothesis that exposure to adverse childhood experiences would amplify the influence of substance use on men's depressive symptoms.
methodsHypotheses were tested with 505 rural Black men who, at ages 19-22 years, provided data on their substance use, adverse childhood experiences, and depressive symptoms; they provided data again 18 months later.
resultsSubstance use forecasted increases in depressive symptoms; cross-lagged analyses yielded no evidence for the inverse path, depressive symptoms increasing substance use. The impact of substance use on depressive symptoms was amplified among young Black men who were exposed to adverse childhood experiences. Substance use did not significantly predict depressive symptoms when adversity was low. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsOur findings suggest that, during young adulthood, substance use increases depressive symptoms among Black men who were exposed to childhood adversity. Because childhood adversity disproportionately affects Black men, these findings inform future cross-group research designed to investigate racial disparities in the consequences of substance use. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: Depressive symptoms may be understood as an effect as well as a cause of substance use, particularly among vulnerable young Black men. (Am J Addict 2017;26:400-406).
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