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ArticleJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2021

Longitudinal Consequences of Adolescent Alcohol Use Under Different Policy Contexts in Australia and the United States.

Jennifer A Bailey, Marina Epstein, Richard F Catalano, Barbara J McMorris, Jessica A Heerde, Elizabeth Clancy, Bosco Rowland, John W Toumbourou

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Article in Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Design and Feasibility Trial of Interventions to Reduce Young Adult Alcohol Use with Communities That Care Coalitions.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer A BaileySocial Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Marina EpsteinSocial Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Richard F CatalanoSocial Development Research Group, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Barbara J McMorrisSchool of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jessica A HeerdeDepartment of Paediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Elizabeth ClancySchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
Bosco RowlandSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood Campus, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
John W ToumbourouSchool of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Deakin University · AUUniversity of Washington · USRoyal Children's Hospital · AUUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

ETIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE USE IN AUSTRALIA /USAR01DA012140 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI CATALANO, RICHARD F · 2000 to 2004
$4.2M
Testing cross-national similarities and differences in adolescent and early adult individual and environmental predictors of adult alcohol use and related problemsR01AA025029 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BAILEY, JENNIFER A · 2017 to 2021
$2.2M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA025029NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA012140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo test the premise that youth alcohol harm minimization policies (compared with abstinence policies) reduce later drinking and harmful consequences of alcohol use in young adulthood, we compared associations among adolescent alcohol use, young adult alcohol consumption, and alcohol-related harms in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States.

methodData came from the International Youth Development Study, a longitudinal, cross-national study of the development of substance use. State-representative samples of seventh-grade (age 13) students in Victoria (n = 984, 53% female, 90% White) and Washington (n = 961, 54% female, 73% White) were surveyed in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2014 (age 25). Participants self-reported alcohol initiation by age 15 and age 25 alcohol consumption (per the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test). Path modeling tested associations among age 15 alcohol use, age 25 consumption, and alcohol-related harms at age 25; multiple group modeling tested the equivalence of parameter estimates across states.

resultsAge 25 alcohol consumption was lower in Washington versus Victoria and was associated with poor physical and mental health, partner conflict, substance use, criminal behavior, and violence exposure in both states equally. Living in Washington predicted lower levels of multiple alcohol-related harms at age 25 indirectly via lower age 25 alcohol consumption.

conclusionsYoung adults growing up in Victoria reported greater alcohol consumption in young adulthood, which was associated to the same degree with the harms measured regardless of alcohol policy context. Findings support state-level policies that promote alcohol abstinence in adolescence and reduced consumption in young adulthood.

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Adolescent BehaviorAlcoholismUnderage DrinkingAdolescentAdultAlcohol DrinkingFemaleHumansMalePublic PolicyVictoriaWashingtonYoung Adult

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PMID34100706
PMCPMC8328237
OpenAlexW3166885250

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