Heavy substance Use in Young adulthood

Citation

Broman, Clifford; Wright, Mellissa; Choi, SeungHee; & Yijie, Wang (2019). Heavy substance Use in Young adulthood. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, NY.

Abstract

This study examines substance use over the young life course. We review prior research and use an ecosocial-ecological model to examine the correlates of heavy substance use among emerging and young adults. Data are drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADD Health). The final sample consisted of approximately 15,000 cases from waves 1, 3 and 4. Multivariate analyses indicate that the predictors of heavy substance use in young adulthood vary by the substance used. However, the most general influences on heavy substance use in young adulthood are age, gender, race-ethnicity, prior use of substances and poor mental health. These factors have generally strong impacts across the heavy use of different substances.

Reference Type

Conference proceeding

Book Title

Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association

Author(s)

Broman, Clifford
Wright, Mellissa
Choi, SeungHee
Yijie, Wang

Year Published

2019

City of Publication

New York, NY

Reference ID

6766