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Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthood.

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Costanzo, PR; Malone, PS; Belsky, D; Kertesz, S; Pletcher, M; Sloan, FA
Published in: Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
September 2007

Research with college populations suggests that elevated levels of heavy drinking do not generally persist into later adulthood for most individuals. The aims of this study were to determine whether this pattern applies to the population as a whole and to identify those for whom heavy drinking in early adulthood does lead to continued high levels of consumption throughout the life course.Patterns of heavy drinking were assessed, and a mixture model was used to evaluate relationships between psychological profiles and trajectories of heavy drinking in early to middle adulthood for race-gender groups. Subjects (N = 5,115; 55% women) were drawn from the longitudinal study of Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) conducted in four major U.S. cities from 1985 to 1995.Patterns of heavy drinking differed by race and gender, with higher rates observed among whites and men. Heavy drinking was generally most common in the early 20s and dropped sharply thereafter. For a subset with psychological profiles characterized by elevated levels of hostility, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, high rates of heavy drinking persisted into later adulthood; 20% of whites and 50% of blacks in the overall sample were in this subset. Rates of heavy drinking in this group were similar for blacks and whites.At a population level, heavy drinking in early adulthood tends not to continue into later life. For a subset of psychologically vulnerable individuals, however, early adult heavy drinking persists into the middle adulthood years.

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Published In

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs

DOI

EISSN

1938-4114

ISSN

1937-1888

Publication Date

September 2007

Volume

68

Issue

5

Start / End Page

727 / 737

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Substance Abuse
  • Sex Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
 

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Costanzo, P. R., Malone, P. S., Belsky, D., Kertesz, S., Pletcher, M., & Sloan, F. A. (2007). Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthood. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 68(5), 727–737. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2007.68.727
Costanzo, Philip R., Patrick S. Malone, Daniel Belsky, Stefan Kertesz, Mark Pletcher, and Frank A. Sloan. “Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthood.Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 68, no. 5 (September 2007): 727–37. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2007.68.727.
Costanzo PR, Malone PS, Belsky D, Kertesz S, Pletcher M, Sloan FA. Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthood. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 2007 Sep;68(5):727–37.
Costanzo, Philip R., et al. “Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthood.Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, vol. 68, no. 5, Sept. 2007, pp. 727–37. Epmc, doi:10.15288/jsad.2007.68.727.
Costanzo PR, Malone PS, Belsky D, Kertesz S, Pletcher M, Sloan FA. Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthood. Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 2007 Sep;68(5):727–737.

Published In

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs

DOI

EISSN

1938-4114

ISSN

1937-1888

Publication Date

September 2007

Volume

68

Issue

5

Start / End Page

727 / 737

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Substance Abuse
  • Sex Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Health Behavior
  • Female