@article{ref1,
title="Opioid misuse during late adolescence and its effects on risk behaviors, social  functioning, health, and emerging adult roles",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2020",
author="D'Amico, Elizabeth J. and Davis, Jordan P. and Tucker, Joan S. and Seelam, Rachana and Stein, Bradley D.",
volume="113",
number="",
pages="e106696-e106696",
abstract="Opioid misuse has emerged in recent years as a major public health concern in the  United States, particularly for adolescents and emerging young adults. We examined  the association of opioid misuse from ages 18 to 20 with four domains at age 21-22:  risk behaviors and consequences; health; social functioning; and emerging adult  roles. Participants were surveyed annually from 2008 through 2019. The sample  includes N = 2880 youth from waves 8-11. The sample was approximately 18 years old  at wave 8; 54% female, 46% Hispanic, 20% white, 20% Asian, 2% Black, and 11%  multiracial. Opioid misuse was low in this general sample of young adults, with  about 4% reporting misuse from age 18-20. We used latent growth curve modeling to  examine how misuse from ages 18-20 was associated with functioning at age 21-22. Adolescents who reported opioid misuse at age 18 also reported more negative  consequences from alcohol and cannabis use and greater odds of other prescription  drug misuse at age 21-22 than those with no misuse. Those reporting opioid misuse at  age 18 were also more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors, report delinquent  behavior, and have a higher likelihood of experiencing sexual victimization and  engaging in sexual perpetration at age 21-22 than those with no misuse. Neither the  intercept nor slope of opioid misuse was associated with depression, anxiety,  physical health or ailments, satisfaction with friends, romantic relationship  functioning, or emerging adult roles at wave 11. <br><br>FINDINGS highlight the importance  of screening and brief intervention for adolescents reporting opioid misuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106696",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106696"
}