Marijuana Use at Early Midlife and the Trajectories of Social Bonds

Marijuana is popular among younger people, but who smoke it into their early midlife? Do these smokers have a different trajectory of social bonds? Current studies on social control and substance use measure social bonds either retrospectively or concurrently with marijuana use, but I argue that mar...

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Main Author: Yang, Xiaozhao Yousef (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2017]
In: Journal of developmental and life-course criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 284-303
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Social bonds
Social control theory
Marijuana use
Life course
Latent-group trajectory modeling
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Summary:Marijuana is popular among younger people, but who smoke it into their early midlife? Do these smokers have a different trajectory of social bonds? Current studies on social control and substance use measure social bonds either retrospectively or concurrently with marijuana use, but I argue that marijuana use is determined not only by social bonds at specific time points, but by a lifelong trajectory of them.
ISSN:2199-465X
DOI:10.1007/s40865-017-0061-x