Early trauma exposure and marijuana use as well as dependence from adolescence to emerging adulthood

Citation

Marsee, Ian Andru (2017). Early trauma exposure and marijuana use as well as dependence from adolescence to emerging adulthood.

Abstract

This study examines the impact of two types of trauma exposure, mistreatment by an adult as a child and exposure to stressful life events as an adolescent, and their impact on marijuana use as an adolescent and emerging adult and marijuana dependence as an adult. This study also investigates the mediating role of depressive symptoms on the relationship between trauma exposure and marijuana use and dependence. The AddHealth dataset, a nationally representative and longitudinal dataset, was used to assess these relationships. Results show that both types of trauma predict marijuana use and dependence. Results also show that there are indirect effects through depressive symptoms. These findings have implications on children and adolescents who are exposed to trauma, parents, teachers, and those working in the fields of mental health and therapy.

URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd9447

Keyword(s)

trauma

Reference Type

Thesis/Dissertation

Book Title

School of Family Life

Author(s)

Marsee, Ian Andru

Series Author(s)

Lee, Chien-Ti

Year Published

2017

Volume Number

6516

Publisher

Brigham Young University

Reference ID

7587