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ArticleAlcohol, clinical & experimental research2023

The validity of self-rated alcohol susceptibility in predicting alcohol use in early adolescents in Latin America.

Agustín Dramis, Raúl Mejía, James F Thrasher, Inti Barrientos-Gutiérrez, James Sargent, Adriana Pérez

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Article in Alcohol, clinical & experimental research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Agustín DramisApplied Biostatistics Group, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Raúl MejíaCentro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, Buenos Aires, Argentina & Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7782-0934
James F ThrasherDepartment of Tobacco Research, Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Inti Barrientos-GutiérrezDepartment of Tobacco Research, Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
James SargentDepartment of Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Adriana PérezApplied Biostatistics Group, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-1731
Universidad de Buenos Aires · ARDartmouth College · USNational Institute of Public Health · SISouth Carolina Department of Education · US

Funding

Cinema Smoking and Youth Smoking in Latin AmericaR01TW009274 · FIC · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI SARGENT, JAMES D., THRASHER, JAMES · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
Electronic cigarettes in Latin America: Evaluation of impacts and policy optionsR01TW010652 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI BARNOYA, JOAQUIN, THRASHER, JAMES · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
FIC NIH HHS R01 TW009274FIC NIH HHS R01 TW010652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe measurement of substance use susceptibility was first conceived as part of the preparatory stage that precedes youth smoking initiation and is defined as the lack of a firm commitment not to smoke in the future. Despite being a consistent and validated predictor of smoking initiation, there has been little research on whether susceptibility can predict alcohol use. This study assessed the validity of an adapted alcohol susceptibility measure to predict alcohol consumption among early adolescent students in Argentina and Mexico who had not previously consumed alcohol.

methodsA school-based longitudinal study was conducted among first-year students in 33 secondary schools in Argentina and 57 in Mexico. The baseline sample included 1504 never-drinker adolescents in Argentina and 5264 in Mexico, of whom 1055 and 3540, respectively, completed a follow-up survey one and a half years later. Logistic regression with school as a random effect was used to estimate the adjusted odds ratios for the transitions from never-drinker to ever-drinker, current drinker, and binge drinker.

resultsAt baseline, 34% and 23.6% of adolescent never-users in Argentina and Mexico, respectively, were susceptible to alcohol. After controlling for other known predictors of alcohol use initiation, alcohol susceptibility was positively associated with ever-drinking (OR = 3.23, 95% CI 2.38-4.36 in Argentina, OR = 1.73, 95% CI 1.43-2.10 in Mexico), current drinking (OR = 2.41, 95% CI 1.71-3.4 in Argentina, OR = 1.77, 95% CI 1.37-2.28 in Mexico), and binge drinking (OR = 2.27, 95% CI 1.78-2.91 in Argentina, OR = 1.89, 95% CI 1.32-1.99 in Mexico).

conclusionsThe susceptibility measure adapted for use with alcohol appears valid for identifying individuals or groups at risk of drinking initiation and problematic drinking among early adolescents in Argentina and Mexico.

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