Trial reportThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2020
The effect of sensation seeking on alcohol use among middle school students: a latent state-trait analysis.
Trial report in The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Gender differences in a causal model of risk factors underlying early alcohol sipping.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Environmental, Health, and Psychological Factors Predict Alcohol Sipping in Childhood: A Machine Learning Analysis of the ABCD Study.JAACAP open · 2025Article
- Genetic influences for distinct impulsivity domains are differentially associated with early substance use initiation: Results from the ABCD Study.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Substance use in childhood and adolescence and its associations with quality of life and behavioral strengths and difficulties.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Alcohol consumption and dependence is linked to the extent that people experience need satisfaction while drinking alcohol in two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSensation seeking has been implicated as a major risk factor for underage alcohol use, however little research into this personality trait has been conducted among children.
objectiveThe current study examined if sensation seeking presents as a state or trait in children, and if the state or trait predicted future alcohol use.
methodsA latent state-trait (LST) analysis was conducted among 552 individuals (54.3% female; age range 8-13; mean age 9.3) to determine the state or trait-based aspects of sensation seeking, and if this state or trait predicted future alcohol use. Sensation seeking behavior and lifetime alcohol use were assessed at four time points using two previously validated measures.
resultsBetween 49.4% and 95.3% of individual differences in sensation seeking could be attributed to a stable underlying sensation seeking trait. Further, logistic regression of the stable trait of sensation seeking predicted future alcohol use. A one unit increase in the latent trait increased the odds a student would try alcohol by 7.83 times (95% CI = 1.49-41.11,
conclusionFindings suggest sensation seeking presents as a stable trait during childhood, which can cause children to seek out a novel or exciting behaviors such as alcohol use. Future substance use interventions may need to account for the influence of the underlying trait.
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