Journal article
Predictors of tobacco and alcohol co-use from ages 15 to 32: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, Vol.26(6), pp.549-559
12/2018
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106601
PMCID: PMC6946685
PMID: 30148405
Abstract
Tobacco and alcohol are often used in tandem over time, but specific predictors of course and patterns of course over time need explication. We examined differences in alcohol and tobacco course among an adolescent population as they transitioned into young adulthood across a 17-year period. Data came from participants (n = 303 for ages 15-21, n = 196 for ages 21 to 32; 52% female and 54% female, respectively) enrolled in the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study, an epidemiologic investigation examining disease across the life span. We utilized parallel latent growth modeling to assess the impact of sex, personality traits, cholesterol, blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI), on initial status and linear change over time in course of tobacco and alcohol. Females reported less alcohol use at adolescent baseline (β = -21.79), less increase during adolescence (β = -7.92, p < .05), slower decrease during young adulthood (β = 4.67, p < .05), and more rapid decline in tobacco use during young adulthood (β = -70.85, p < .05), relative to males. Alcohol and tobacco use baseline status' and change over time were all significantly associated with one another during both adolescence and young adulthood (p < .05; aside from alcohol baseline and slope during young adulthood). Effects of BMI, cholesterol, blood pressure, and personality traits were also observed on tobacco and alcohol course. In light of the strong, but sex dependent relationship between alcohol and tobacco course, particularly from ages 15 to 21, prevention efforts to curb heavy alcohol and tobacco use should consider targeting course taking into account biological sex and other notable covariates. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Title
- Predictors of tobacco and alcohol co-use from ages 15 to 32: The Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study
- Creators
- Sterling M McPherson - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityEkaterina Burduli - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityCrystal Lederhos Smith - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityOlivia Brooks - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityMichael F Orr - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityCelestina Barbosa-Leiker - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityTrynke Hoekstra - Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamMichael G McDonell - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversitySean M Murphy - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityMatthew Layton - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State UniversityJohn M Roll - Program of Excellence in Addictions Research, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and Translational Addictions Research Center, Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, Vol.26(6), pp.549-559
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of; Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine; Medical Education and Clinical Science, Department of; Health Policy and Administration, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- P20 MD006871 / NIMHD NIH HHS L30 DA038339 / NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA040500 / NIDA NIH HHS Life Science Discovery Fund Department of Justice
- Identifiers
- 99900547178401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article