Citation

Goldstick JE, Heinze JE, Stoddard SA, Cunningham RM, Zimmerman MA. J. Res. Adolesc. 2019; 29(2): 480-492.

Affiliation

University of Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12399

PMID

29683238

Abstract

Using data from a cohort study of students at risk for high school dropout, we examined associations between violence exposure and past 30-day alcohol and marijuana use. We used varying-coefficient regression with person-level fixed effects to estimate how those associations changed within-person across ages approximately 14-23. Generally, violence perpetration was most strongly associated with substance use, within-person. Substance use became increasingly associated with both observed violence and violence perpetration during early/middle adolescence; this increase continued longer into development (age 18+) for alcohol use. Across most of the age range studied here, violence victimization was minimally associated with within-person changes in substance use.

RESULTS indicate age-specific associations between violence exposure and alcohol and other drug use, which may be useful for informing prevention strategies.

© 2018 Society for Research on Adolescence.

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