Alcohol Drinking Onset: A Reliability Study

Prause, JoAnn; Dooley, David; Ham-Rowbottom, Kathleen A.; Emptage, Nicholas P.

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“…The two patterns of inconsistent reporting were characterized with respect to ethnicity, childhood maltreatment, psychiatric conditions, and other substance use. Although ethnicity and other demographic factors have been examined in relation to stability in alcohol onset reports (Johnson and Mott, 2001; Prause et al, 2007; Shillington and Clapp, 2000), ours is among the first to explore childhood and adolescent risk factors and to test the association between stability of age at first drink report and alcohol misuse.…”

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“…Using data from two panels of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) collected one year apart, Prause et al (2007) reported an intraclass correlation of 0.36 for adults and 0.19 to 0.29 for early adolescents. Bailey and colleagues (1992) found that only 27.8% of middle schoolers reported the same age at first drink one year after their first report, with over 20% reporting an age difference of 3 or more years.…”

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“…Across studies, the vast majority of inconsistent reporters give an older age at first use at the second point in time than at the first (Engels et al, 1997; Johnson and Mott, 2001; Labouvie et al, 1997; Parra et al, 2003; Prause et al, 2007; Shillington and Clapp, 2000). The implication for retrospective studies is that the older respondents are when asked about drinking onset, the less likely they are to report it occurring at an early age.…”

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Reporting Bias in the Association Between Age at First Alcohol Use and Heavy Episodic Drinking

Sartor

Bucholz

Nelson

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Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

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Background Given the weight placed on retrospective reports of age at first drink in studies of later drinking-related outcomes, it is critical that its reliability be established and possible sources of systematic bias be identified. The overall aim of the current study is to explore the possibility that the estimated magnitude of association between early age at first drink and problem alcohol use may be inflated in studies using retrospectively reported age at alcohol use onset. Methods The sample was comprised of 1,716 participants in the Missouri Adolescent Female Twin Study who reported an age at first drink in at least 2 waves of data collection (an average of 4 years apart). Difference in reported age at first drink at Time 2 vs. Time 1 was categorized as 2 or more years younger, within 1 year (consistent), or 2 or more years older. The strength of the association between age at first drink and peak frequency of heavy episodic drinking (HED) at Time 1 was compared with that at Time 2. The association between reporting pattern and peak frequency of HED was also examined. Results A strong association between age at first drink and HED was found for both reports, but it was significantly greater at Time 2. Just over one-third of participants had a 2 year or greater difference in reported ageat first drink. The majority of inconsistent reporters gave an older age at Time 2 and individuals with this pattern of reporting engaged in HED less frequently than consistent reporters. Conclusions The low rate of HED in individuals reporting an older age at first drink at Time 2 suggests that the upward shift in reported age at first drink among early initiates is most pronounced for light drinkers. Heavy drinkers may therefore be overrepresented among early onset users in retrospective studies, leading to inflated estimates of the association between early age at initiation and alcohol misuse.

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Reporting Bias in the Association Between Age at First Alcohol Use and Heavy Episodic Drinking

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Bucholz

Nelson

et al. 2011

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

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“…Age at initiation of alcohol use was established using prospective data rather than retrospective recall, which has high levels of unreliability in adolescents and which exhibits substantial "forward telescoping" (Bailey et al, 1992;Engels et al, 1997;Johnson and Mott, 2001;Labouvie et al, 1997;Parra et al, 2003;Prause et al, 2007).…”

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Childhood Risk Factors for Early-Onset Drinking

Donovan

Molina²

2011

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective:There is relatively little research on the childhood antecedent predictors of early-onset alcohol use. This study examined an array of psychosocial variables assessed at age 10 and refl ecting Problem Behavior Theory as potential antecedent risk factors for the initiation of alcohol use at age 14 or younger. Method: A sample of 452 children (238 girls) ages 8 or 10 and their families was drawn from Allegheny County, PA, using targeted-age directory sampling and random-digit dialing procedures. Children and parents were interviewed using computer-assisted interviews. Logistic regression analyses were used to examine the age-10 univariate and multivariate predictors of the initiation of alcohol use by age 14 or younger. Results: Twentyfi ve percent of the sample reported having more than a sip or a taste of alcohol in their life by age 14. Sex, race, and age cohort did not relate to early drinking status. Children with two parents were less likely to initiate drinking early. Early initiation of drinking related signifi cantly to an array of antecedent risk factors (personality, social environment, and behavioral) assessed at age 10 that refl ect psychosocial proneness for problem behavior. In the multivariate model, the variables most predictive of early-onset drinking were having a single parent, sipping or tasting alcohol by age 10, having parents who also started drinking at an early age, and parental drinking frequency. † Correspondence may be sent to John E. Donovan at the above address or via email at: donovanje@upmc.edu. S TARTING TO DRINK ALCOHOL in early adolescence or younger is associated with a greater likelihood of developing both problem drinking in adolescence (Ellickson et al., 2001(Ellickson et al., , 2003Gruber et al., 1996;Hawkins et al., 1997;Horton, 2007;Pedersen and Skrondal, 1998;Warner et al., 2007) and alcohol abuse or dependence in adulthood (DeWit et al., 2000;Grant and Dawson, 1997;Hingson et al., 2006). Early initiation of drinking is also associated with a variety of other problematic outcomes later in adolescence and in young adulthood, including academic problems, dropping out of high school, delinquent behavior, fi ghting after drinking, illicit drug use, prescription drug misuse, substance use disorders, employment problems, risky sexual behavior, pregnancy, unintentional injuries, drinking and driving, and alcohol-and other drug-related motor vehicle crashes (Ellickson et al

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“…An 11-year follow-up of incoming college freshmen found that 32% of participants reported the same age at first alcohol use in Years 1 and 11 (Parra et al, 2003). Inconsistencies in self-reported age at first alcohol use among adolescents tend to result in forward telescoping, with the age at onset increasing over time (Prause et al, 2007;Shillington & Clapp, 2000).…”

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Predictors of Recall Error in Self-Report of Age at Alcohol Use Onset

Livingston

Komro

2016

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The present study examined factors associated with recall error in the measurement of alcohol use onset and whether there was a tendency toward earlier or later self-reported age at alcohol use onset. Method: This study estimated the effect of predictors on the presence and direction of recall error for age at alcohol use onset. The sample (n = 1,044) was from an existing longitudinal alcohol prevention trial in urban Chicago. Estimates were derived from a series of logistic regression models comparing agreement between a retrospective and a prospective measure of age at alcohol use onset. Results: Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch in 6th grade, alcohol use in 6th grade, cigarette use in 12th grade, and alcohol use in 12th grade were significantly associated with recall error of age at alcohol use onset. Self-reported substance use (alcohol and tobacco) in 12th grade was also found to predict a later self-reported age at alcohol use onset when recalled. Conclusions: Those most at risk for the negative outcomes associated with early alcohol initiation are also those most likely to misreport their age at alcohol use onset. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 77, 811-818, 2016)

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Alcohol Drinking Onset: A Reliability Study

Cited by 17 publications

References 18 publications

Reporting Bias in the Association Between Age at First Alcohol Use and Heavy Episodic Drinking

Reporting Bias in the Association Between Age at First Alcohol Use and Heavy Episodic Drinking

Childhood Risk Factors for Early-Onset Drinking

Predictors of Recall Error in Self-Report of Age at Alcohol Use Onset

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