Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use by Gender and Early Initiation Status

Autor/inn/en	Bolland, Kathleen A.; Bolland, John M.; Tomek, Sara; Devereaux, Randolph S.; Mrug, Sylvie; Wimberly, Joshua C.
Titel	Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use by Gender and Early Initiation Status
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 48 (2016) 1, S.3-32 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X13475639
Schlagwörter	Drinking; Poverty; Adolescents; Early Adolescents; Risk; Health Behavior; Gender Differences; African Americans; Surveys; Longitudinal Studies; Neighborhoods; Prediction; Alcohol Abuse; Drug Use; Addictive Behavior; Statistical Analysis; Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trinken; Armut; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Risiko; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Afroamerikaner; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Vorhersage; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Within the adolescent risk behavior literature, questions remain about relationships among behaviors in early adolescence, gender, context, and negative social and health outcomes. Additionally, little attention has focused on trajectories of adolescent risk behavior among impoverished African American youth. Using data from the Mobile Youth Survey, a multiple cohort longitudinal study of adolescents living in impoverished neighborhoods, we have reduced gaps in the literature by identifying trajectories of alcohol use for males and females separately as a function of early initiation of alcohol use. Our findings indicate that early initiation of alcohol use predicts escalating use at least through age 17. Results are especially notable for females who begin drinking before age 12: They drink significantly more than any other group at age 12 and their trajectory remains the highest through age 17. Our findings about the escalation of drinking have implications for efforts to improve the lives of impoverished adolescents. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01