Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use by Gender and Early Initiation Status
Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use by Gender and Early Initiation Status
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DOI：
10.1177/0044118x13475639
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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通讯作者：
Wimberly, Joshua C.
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Bolland, Kathleen A.;Bolland, John M.;Wimberly, Joshua C.
在青少年危险行为文献中，关于青春期早期行为、性别、背景以及负面社会和健康结果之间关系的问题仍然存在。此外，很少有人关注贫困非裔美国青年的青少年危险行为轨迹。利用流动青年调查（一项针对生活在贫困社区的青少年的多队列纵向研究）的数据，我们通过分别确定男性和女性的饮酒轨迹作为早期开始饮酒的函数，缩小了文献中的差距。我们的研究结果表明，尽早开始饮酒预计至少会在 17 岁之前逐渐增加饮酒量。对于 12 岁之前开始饮酒的女性来说，结果尤其值得注意：她们在 12 岁时的饮酒量显着高于任何其他群体，并且她们的饮酒轨迹在 17 岁之前仍然是最高的。我们关于饮酒量增加的发现对于改善贫困青少年的生活的努力具有重要意义。
Within the adolescent risk behavior literature, questions remain about relationships among behaviors in early adolescence, gender, context, and negative social and health outcomes. Additionally, little attention has focused on trajectories of adolescent risk behavior among impoverished African American youth. Using data from the Mobile Youth Survey, a multiple cohort longitudinal study of adolescents living in impoverished neighborhoods, we have reduced gaps in the literature by identifying trajectories of alcohol use for males and females separately as a function of early initiation of alcohol use. Our findings indicate that early initiation of alcohol use predicts escalating use at least through age 17. Results are especially notable for females who begin drinking before age 12: They drink significantly more than any other group at age 12 and their trajectory remains the highest through age 17. Our findings about the escalation of drinking have implications for efforts to improve the lives of impoverished adolescents.