TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Transitions in riding with an alcohol/drug-impaired driver from adolescence to emerging adulthood in the United States
JO  - Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
A1  - Vaca, Federico E.
A1  - Li, Kaigang
A1  - Hingson, Ralph
A1  - Simons-Morton, Bruce G.
SP  - 77
EP  - 85
VL  - 77
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine changes and predictors of changes in riding with an alcohol/drug-impaired driver (RWI) from 10th grade through the first post-high school year. <br><br>METHOD: Transition models were used to estimate the association of four waves (W1-W4) of RWI with W4 environmental-status variables and time-varying covariates in the NEXT Generation Health Study, a nationally representative cohort of U.S. 10th graders (N = 2,785). <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, 33% (weighted) of adolescents reported RWI in the past 12 months in W1, and slightly declined in W2 (24%), W3 (27%), and W4 (26%). Across time, transition models with generalized estimating equations showed that RWI was more likely among those who previously reported RWI (ORs from 3.62 to 3.66, p <.001), substance use (ORs from 1.81 to 1.82, p <.001), and heavy episodic drinking (ORs from 1.85 to 1.86, p <.001). Those living on college campuses were somewhat more likely to engage in RWI (OR = 1.38,.05 < p <.10) than those living at home. The effects of parental monitoring knowledge and peer alcohol/substance use on RWI were suppressed when individual substance use and heavy episodic drinking were taken into consideration. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Substance use and heavy episodic drinking in previous waves and the history of RWI were persistent factors of RWI in a dynamic pattern. The setting in which emerging adults live during their first post-high school year could affect their engagement in RWI. The findings suggest that harm-reduction strategies should focus on the identification of early RWI coupled with reduction of substance use and heavy episodic drinking.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1937-1888
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -