Extreme Binge Drinking during the Transition to Adulthood

描述（由申请人提供）：极端狂饮-连续喝10杯或15杯或更多-最近被认为是美国年轻人中相对普遍和高度问题的行为。鉴于酒精使用在20多岁时达到一生的高峰，了解过渡到成年的极端酗酒的模式和预测因素尤为重要。目前的应用是利用现有的国家前景 来自监测未来（MTF）的数据，以研究美国年轻人（18至30岁）极端酗酒的发展。具体目标是：（1）研究极端酗酒如何根据大学入学和成绩的模式而变化，（2）记录成年早期极端酗酒的规范性年龄相关变化，以及它们根据社会角色地位和人口统计指标而变化的程度，并与其他物质使用的轨迹相关，（3）探讨饮酒原因与极端酗酒行为之间的关联。MTF在2005年随机抽取了六分之一的参与者，并增加了关于极端酗酒的问题。当前应用程序2005-2013年的数据包括来自N~ 4，000个个体的N~ 9，400个观察结果。拟议的项目将首次在包括大学在校生和非在校生在内的全国样本中确定极端酗酒的发育模式和预测因素，为针对年轻人高危酒精行为的健康促进和干预工作提供关键信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Extreme binge drinking-consuming 10 or 15 or more drinks in a row-has recently been recognized as a relatively prevalent and highly problematic behavior among American young people. Given that alcohol use reaches lifetime peaks in the 20s, understanding the patterns and predictors of extreme binge drinking across the transition to adulthood is particularly critical. The current application is to use existing national prospective data from Monitoring the Future (MTF) to examine the development of extreme binge drinking across young adulthood (from ages 18 to 30) in the US. Specific aims are to (1) examine how extreme binge drinking varies based on patterns of college enrollment and attainment, (2) document normative age-related changes in extreme binge drinking across young adulthood, and the extent to which they vary based on social role statuses and demographic indicators and are associated with trajectories of other substance use, and (3) investigate concurrent associations between reasons for drinking and extreme binge drinking behaviors. MTF added questions regarding extreme binge drinking for a random one-sixth of participants in 2005. Data for the current application from 2005-2013 include N~9,400 observations from N~4,000 individuals. The proposed project will identify developmental patterns and predictors of extreme binge drinking for the first time, in national samples including both college attenders and non-attenders, providing critical information for health promotion and intervention efforts targeting high-risk alcohol behaviors among young adults.