Citation

Rogers ML, Jackson KM. J. Child Adolesc. Subst. Abuse 2017; 26(4): 258-264.

Affiliation

Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/1067828X.2017.1305928

PMID

30774285

PMCID

PMC6374771

Abstract

Multiple assessments of age of onset of alcohol use milestones may produce inconsistent reports, yielding potentially different results, depending on the report utilized. Using data from a prospective study of 1,023 middle-school students, we modeled risk of onset of four drinking milestones as a function of multiple correlates of alcohol use and compared models using first versus last reported age for each milestone. . While forward telescoping was evident, no significant differences were obtained for any models examined. Substantive conclusions about associations of correlates of early drinking are not greatly impacted by misreporting age of first use.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescents; alcohol; drinking onset; telescoping