Patterns of alcohol use and multiple risk behaviour by gender during early and late adolescence: the ALSPAC cohort

MacArthur, Georgina J; Smith, Michèle C.; Melotti, Roberto; Heron, Jon; Macleod, John; Hickman, Matthew; Kipping, Ruth; Campbell, Rona; Lewis, Glyn

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“…Based on evidence that neurodevelopmental and social processes leading to risk taking may differ for boys and girls, this cross-sectional design allowed us to explore the relationship between pubertal development, testosterone, and risk-taking behavior. Girls are understudied in the risk-taking literature even though they may be particularly vulnerable to the negative implications of risk-taking behaviors, such as smoking, self-harm, physical inactivity (MacArthur et al, 2012), and sexually transmitted infections (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Many biological, social, and cultural factors differ for boys and girls, arguing for examination of the developmental affective and social underpinnings of risk-taking tendencies separately by sex.…”

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Social status strategy in early adolescent girls: Testosterone and value-based decision making

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Suleiman

Johnson

et al. 2017

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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a b s t r a c tThere has been strong interest, spanning several disciplines, in understanding adolescence as a developmental period of increased risk-taking behavior. Our goals focus on one line of investigation within this larger developmental risk framework. Specifically, we examined levels of pubertal hormones in girls in relation to their willingness to take greater financial risks to gain social status. To this end, we tested the hypothesis that higher levels of testosterone during the ages of pubertal maturation are associated with a greater willingness to sacrifice money for social admiration. Sixty-three girls ages 10-14 (M age = 12.74) participated in laboratory measures and completed at-home saliva sample collection. The Pubertal Development Scale (PDS) and basal hormone levels (testosterone, estradiol, DHEA) measured pubertal maturation. We made use of a developmentally appropriate version of an Auction Task in which adolescents could take financial risks in order to gain socially motivated outcomes (social status). PDS and testosterone were each associated with overall levels of financial risk taking over the course of the Auction Task. In hierarchical models, PDS and testosterone were predictors of the slope of overbidding over the course of the task. Results provide evidence for the role of testosterone and pubertal maturation in girls' motivations to engage in costly decision making in order to gain social status. Findings contribute to our understanding of the developmental underpinnings of some interesting aspects of adolescent risk behavior.

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Social status strategy in early adolescent girls: Testosterone and value-based decision making

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Suleiman

Johnson

et al. 2017

Psychoneuroendocrinology

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“…In contrast, the pattern of other individual risk behaviours varies between males and females, with antisocial and criminal behaviour, cannabis-use and vehicle-related problems more prevalent amongst adolescent males, and teenage smoking, self-harm and physical inactivity more common in adolescent females. 60 In later life, the related sequelae to risktaking behaviours include rising rates of offending behaviour, conduct disorders, and depression. 61, 62. …”

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Understanding why children die in high-income countries

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Copyright and reuse:The Warwick Research Archive Portal (WRAP) makes this work of researchers of the University of Warwick available open access under the following conditions. Copyright © and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in WRAP has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not-forprofit purposes without prior permission or charge. Provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. AbstractThrough a structured narrative review of the literature, we have identified a wide range of factors influencing child and adolescent mortality in high income countries. These can be conceptualised within the four domains of intrinsic factors, the physical environment, the social environment, and service delivery factors. The most prominent factors in the literature are socio-economic gradients, although the mechanisms through which these gradients exert their effects are complex, affecting all four domains, and often poorly understood. While some factors are relatively fixed, including the child's gender, age, ethnicity and inherent genetic make-up, some parental characteristics, and some wider 3 environmental conditions, others may be amenable to interventions that could lessen risks and help to prevent future child deaths. A number of examples of systemic health service factors that may impact child survival are given, along with interventions such as modifications to the physical or social environmental that may impact more distal factors.

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“…While the rate of substance use among young people in the United Kingdom is decreasing overall, a substantial proportion of young people continue to use these substances, with 31% of 16–24 year olds in the United Kingdom having ever used cannabis and nearly one‐fifth being regular or occasional smokers 8, 9. Critically, alcohol use among young people in the United Kingdom is particularly high compared to other European countries, with one‐third of young people aged 15–16 reporting hazardous drinking 8, 9.…”

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Peer‐led interventions to prevent tobacco, alcohol and/or drug use among young people aged 11–21 years: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

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Background and AimsPeer‐led interventions may offer a beneficial approach in preventing substance use, but their impact has not yet been quantified. We conducted a systematic review to investigate and quantify the effect of peer‐led interventions that sought to prevent tobacco, alcohol and/or drug use among young people aged 11–21 years.MethodsMedline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception to July 2015 without language restriction. We included randomized controlled trials only. Screening and data extraction were conducted in duplicate and data from eligible studies were pooled in a random effects meta‐analysis.ResultsWe identified 17 eligible studies, approximately half of which were school‐based studies targeting tobacco use among adolescents. Ten studies targeting tobacco use could be pooled, representing 13 706 young people in 220 schools. Meta‐analysis demonstrated that the odds of smoking were lower among those receiving the peer‐led intervention compared with control [odds ratio (OR) = 0.78, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.62–0.99, P = 0.040]. There was evidence of heterogeneity (I 2 = 41%, χ2 15.17, P = 0.086). Pooling of six studies representing 1699 individuals in 66 schools demonstrated that peer‐led interventions were also associated with benefit in relation to alcohol use (OR = 0.80, 95% CI = 0.65–0.99, P = 0.036), while three studies (n = 976 students in 38 schools) suggested an association with lower odds of cannabis use (OR = 0.70, 0.50–0.97, P = 0.034). No studies were found that targeted other illicit drug use.ConclusionsPeer interventions may be effective in preventing tobacco, alcohol and possibly cannabis use among adolescents, although the evidence base is limited overall, and is characterized mainly by small studies of low quality.

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Patterns of alcohol use and multiple risk behaviour by gender during early and late adolescence: the ALSPAC cohort

Cited by 145 publications

References 50 publications

Social status strategy in early adolescent girls: Testosterone and value-based decision making

Social status strategy in early adolescent girls: Testosterone and value-based decision making

Understanding why children die in high-income countries

Peer‐led interventions to prevent tobacco, alcohol and/or drug use among young people aged 11–21 years: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

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