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ArticleDrug and alcohol review2023

Substance use trajectories among emerging adult Black men: Risk factors and consequences.

Elizabeth Kwon, Assaf Oshri, Tamika C B Zapolski, Heather Zuercher, Steven M Kogan

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Article in Drug and alcohol review, 2023. 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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  2. 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 · 2026
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth KwonDepartment of Public Health, Baylor University, Waco, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7926-5532
Assaf OshriDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Tamika C B ZapolskiDepartment of Psychology, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, USA.
Heather ZuercherCenter for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Steven M KoganDepartment of Human Development and Family Science, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
University of Georgia · USBaylor University · USUniversity of Indianapolis · US

Funding

Research Support CoreP50DA051361 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI EHRLICH, KATHERINE BABCOCK · 2020 to 2024
$9.7M
Rural Southern Contexts, COVID-19, and Black Men'™s Alcohol MisuseR01AA026623 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI KOGAN, STEVEN M · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
HIV-Related Behavior among Rural African American, Young Adult MenR01DA029488 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI KOGAN, STEVEN M · 2011 to 2015
$2.1M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026623NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA051361NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA029488
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionYoung, Black American men experience greater social, legal and economic consequences of substance use compared with White men for comparable levels of consumption. The development of tailored interventions requires prospective information on their substance use patterns, risk factors and consequences. We identified longitudinal substance use profiles and examined their links to childhood adversity, racial discrimination and young adult problem substance use and mental health.

methodsEmerging adult Black men (n = 504, mean age = 20.26, SD = 1.08) provided fours waves of data between January 2012 and March 2021. We conducted a parallel process latent class growth analysis for three substances to explore conjoint longitudinal use patterns and investigated the risk factors and consequences of each pattern.

resultsThree trajectory classes emerged: non-using (n = 201, 39.9%), cannabis using (n = 202, 40.1%) and poly-substance using (n = 101, 20%) groups. Threat-based childhood adversity and racial discrimination were associated with higher odds of being members of cannabis or poly-substance groups than non-using group. Deprivation-based adversity was associated with higher odds for membership in poly-substance than non-using group. At Wave 4, elevated depressive symptoms were more prevalent among poly-substance compared with cannabis using group. DISCUSSION AND

conclusionsHeterogeneous substance use patterns emerged among Black American men and each pattern has distinct risk factors and outcomes in young adulthood. For prevention, more attention is needed for cannabis use patterns and psychosocial adversities that are unique to Black population.

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Substance-Related DisordersBlack or African AmericanHumansMaleMental HealthProspective StudiesRisk FactorsYoung AdultBlack Americanchildhood adversitymental healthsubstance use trajectory

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PMCPMC10805973
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