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Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid life.

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Sloan, FA; Costanzo, PR; Belsky, D; Holmberg, E; Malone, PS; Wang, Y; Kertesz, S
Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health
July 2011

Heavy drinking in early adulthood among Blacks, but not Whites, has been found to be associated with more deleterious health outcomes, lower labor market success and lower educational attainment at mid-life. This study analysed psychosocial pathways underlying racial differences in the impact of early heavy alcohol use on occupational and educational attainment at mid-life.Outcomes in labor market participation, occupational prestige and educational attainment were measured in early and mid-adulthood. A mixture model was used to identify psychosocial classes that explain how race-specific differences in the relationship between drinking in early adulthood and occupational outcomes in mid-life operate. Data came from Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults, a longitudinal epidemiologic study.Especially for Blacks, heavy drinking in early adulthood was associated with a lower probability of being employed in mid-life. Among employed persons, there was a link between heavy drinking for both Whites and Blacks and decreased occupational attainment at mid-life. We grouped individuals into three distinct distress classes based on external stressors and indicators of internally generated stress. Blacks were more likely to belong to the higher distressed classes as were heavy drinkers in early adulthood. Stratifying the data by distress class, relationships between heavy drinking, race and heavy drinking-race interactions were overall weaker than in the pooled analysis.Disproportionate intensification of life stresses in Blacks renders them more vulnerable to long-term effects of heavy drinking.

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Journal of epidemiology and community health

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EISSN

1470-2738

ISSN

0143-005X

Publication Date

July 2011

Volume

65

Issue

7

Start / End Page

600 / 605

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Risk Factors
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
 

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Sloan, F. A., Costanzo, P. R., Belsky, D., Holmberg, E., Malone, P. S., Wang, Y., & Kertesz, S. (2011). Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid life. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65(7), 600–605. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.102228
Sloan, F. A., P. R. Costanzo, D. Belsky, E. Holmberg, P. S. Malone, Y. Wang, and S. Kertesz. “Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid life.Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 65, no. 7 (July 2011): 600–605. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.2009.102228.
Sloan FA, Costanzo PR, Belsky D, Holmberg E, Malone PS, Wang Y, et al. Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid life. Journal of epidemiology and community health. 2011 Jul;65(7):600–5.
Sloan, F. A., et al. “Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid life.Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, vol. 65, no. 7, July 2011, pp. 600–05. Epmc, doi:10.1136/jech.2009.102228.
Sloan FA, Costanzo PR, Belsky D, Holmberg E, Malone PS, Wang Y, Kertesz S. Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid life. Journal of epidemiology and community health. 2011 Jul;65(7):600–605.

Published In

Journal of epidemiology and community health

DOI

EISSN

1470-2738

ISSN

0143-005X

Publication Date

July 2011

Volume

65

Issue

7

Start / End Page

600 / 605

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • White People
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Risk Factors
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epidemiology