@article{ref1,
title="Risk factors associated with curiosity about alcohol use in the ABCD cohort",
journal="Alcohol",
year="2021",
author="Wade, Natasha E. and Palmer, Clare E. and Wallace, Alexander L. and Gonzalez, Marybel R. and Bagot, Kara S. and Jacobus, Joanna and Tapert, Susan F. and Infante, M. Alejandra",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Curiosity and intent to use alcohol in pre-adolescence is a risk factor for later experimentation and use, yet we know little of how curiosity about use develops. Here, we examine factors that may influence curiosity around alcohol use, as it may  be an important predictor of later drinking behavior. Cross-sectional data on youth  ages 10-11 from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development(SM) (ABCD) Study  Year 1 follow-up were used (n=2,334; NDA 2.0.1). All participants were  substance-naïve at time of assessment. Group factor analysis identified latent  factors across common indicators of risk for early substance use (i.e.,  psychopathology and trait characteristics; substance use attitudes/behaviors;  neurocognition; family and environment). Logistic mixed-effect models tested  associations between latent factors of risk for early substance use and curiosity  about alcohol use, controlling for demographics and study site. Two multidimensional  factors were significantly inversely and positively associated with greater  curiosity about alcohol use, respectively: (1) low internalizing and externalizing  symptomatology coupled with low impulsivity, perceived neighborhood safety, negative  parental history of alcohol use problems, and fewer adverse life experiences and  family conflict; and (2) low perceived risk of alcohol use coupled with lack of peer  disapproval of use. When assessing all risk factors in an overall regression, lack  of perceived harm from trying alcohol once or twice was associated with greater  likelihood of alcohol curiosity. Taken together, perceptions that alcohol use causes  little harm and having peers with similar beliefs is related to curiosity about  alcohol use among substance-naïve 10-11 year-olds. General mental health and  environmental risk factors similarly increase the odds of curiosity for alcohol. Identification of multidimensional risk factors for early alcohol use may point to  novel prevention and early intervention targets. Future longitudinal investigations  in the ABCD cohort will determine the extent to which these factors and curiosity  predict alcohol use among youth.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0741-8329",
doi="10.1016/j.alcohol.2021.01.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2021.01.002"
}