Early Adult Outcomes of Adolescent Binge Drinking: Person‐ and Variable‐Centered Analyses of Binge Drinking Trajectories

Abstract

This integrated person- and variable-centered approach provides more information about the effects of specific patterns of binge drinking than studies that employ variable-centered methods alone.

Systems-level adaptations explain chronic tolerance development to nitrous oxide hypothermia in young and mature rats

“…The rapid development of hypothermic tolerance observed in the young rats may have broader implications for understanding why adolescent drug use is associated with a sharply increased risk of adult drug addiction (DeWit et al 2000;Guo et al 2000;Hill et al 2000;Grant et al 2001;Schulenberg and Maggs 2002). Many contemporary adaptation models of drug addiction contend that chronic tolerance development is a key process in the transition to drug dependence.…”

Linking Substance Use and Problem Behavior Across Three Generations

“…Socioeconomic status variables, such as parent marital status, parent education, and neighborhood disorganization, have been linked both to parent substance use (Brook, Richter, Whiteman, & Cohen, 1999;Hill et al, 2000) and child problem behavior (Aneshensel & Sucoff, 1996;Hawkins et al, 1992). Consequently, they also represent plausible, alternative hypotheses to explain parent-child resemblance in substance use.…”

“…Genetic theories identify a range of potential mechanisms to explain links between parent and child substance use, including physiological responses to substances of abuse, predisposing temperament and personality traits, and impaired neuropsychologic function inherited by children from their parents (Johnson & Leff, 1999;McGue, 1994). The Social Development Model and other socialization theories suggest that parent substance use negatively affects parental monitoring and discipline practices, family bonding, socioeconomic status, and other social contextual variables that increase the risk of substance use among children Hawkins et al, 1992;Hill, White, Chung, Hawkins, & Catalano, 2000).…”

Problem Behavior and Romantic Relationships: Assortative Mating, Behavior Contagion, and Desistance

“…A subgroup of youth, particularly those who have demonstrated earlier onset and persistent antisocial behavior and substance use, continues to demonstrate high levels of problem behavior and an accompanying decline in functioning (Bardone et al, 1996;Hussong et al, 2004;Moffitt, 1993;Schulenberg et al, 2003). Although some substance use may be considered normative and exploratory behavior in this transition period, excessive and sustained use often suggests a maladaptive coping style or lifestyle that prevents the successful negotiation of adulthood tasks, including relationship formation, and the desistance from antisocial behavior and substance abuse typically seen in young adulthood (Guo et al, 2000(Guo et al, , 2002Hill et al, 2000;Hussong et al, 2004;Oesterle et al, 2004;Schulenberg et al, 2003). Similarly, continued antisocial behavior predicts lifelong criminality and continued disruptions of relationships and achievement (Thornberry, 1987;Wolfgang et al, 1987).…”