Abstract
In a sample of 1,897 youth studied across the last year of elementary school to the second year of high school, we identified five trajectories of drinking frequency. Three of those (nondrinkers, middle onset, and late onset drinkers) were not drinking in elementary school; two others (moderate drinkers and early high drinkers) were. Among originally nondrinking groups, multiple impulsigenic traits and the acquired preparedness risk model predicted membership in groups that subsequently began drinking. Membership in trajectory groups characterized by drinking during this age period was associated with (a) the experience of alcohol-related problems and (b) further increases in both impulsigenic traits and alcohol expectancies. Youth vary considerably in the development of drinking behavior across the transitions from elementary to high school. Harms associated with early drinking involve both problems from drinking and increases in high-risk personality traits.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 482-495 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of Abnormal Psychology |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 American Psychological Association.
Funding
The authors gratefully acknowledge research support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism under award R01 AA016166 to Gregory T. Smith. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This article was published Online First May 31, 2018. Sarah J. Peterson, Heather A. Davis, and Gregory T. Smith, Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky. The authors gratefully acknowledge research support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism under award R01 AA016166 to Gregory T. Smith. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | |
| National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism | R01AA016166 |
| University of Kentucky |
Keywords
- Drinking
- Early adolescence
- Longitudinal
- Risk
- Trajectory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Biological Psychiatry
