RT Article
T1 Predictors of Early-Onset Cannabis Use in Adolescence and Risks for Substance Use Disorder Symptoms in Young Adulthood
JF Journal of drug issues
VO 52
IS 2
SP 182
OP 206
A1 Merrin, Gabriel J.
A2 Leadbeater, Bonnie J.
A2 Sturgess, Clea M. B.
A2 Ames, Megan E.
A2 Thompson, Kara
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1795543817
AB Early detection of risks for substance use disorders is essential to lifelong health and well-being for some youth. Very early-onset use is proposed as an indicator of risk for substance use disorders, but risk and protective factors related to early-onset use have not been identified. The current study compared risk and protective factors that distinguish early- and late-onset cannabis users from abstainers using data collected from a large community sample. The study also examined onset-group differences in participants’ reports of substance use disorder symptoms a decade later. Heavy episodic drinking (early-onset: OR = 7.29 CI = [1.60, 33.19]) and engagement with peers involved in deviant behaviors (early-onset: OR = 2.50 CI = [1.50, 4.13]) are risk factors for early-onset cannabis use. Protective factors, including parent monitoring (early-onset: OR = 0.73 CI = [0.58, 0.93]), engagement with peers involved in positive behaviors (early-onset: OR = 0.54 CI = [0.39, 0.76]), school engagement (early-onset: OR = 0.83 CI = [0.72, 0.96]), and academic grades (early-onset: OR = 0.37 CI = [0.21, 0.65]) also predicted early versus later onset-group differences. Early age of onset may be distinctly related to risk and protective factors previously associated with risks for substance use in all adolescents.
K1 Risk and protective factors
K1 Young adulthood
K1 Adolescence
K1 Substance Use
K1 Early-onset
K1 Cannabis use
DO 10.1177/00220426211049356