Trajectory Classes of Cannabis Use and Heavy Drinking among Rural African American Adolescents: Multilevel Predictors of Class Membership

ConclusionsRural African American youths’ cannabis use and heavy drinking across adolescence and young adulthood demonstrate distinct developmental courses; a small number of risk factors and measures of biological and perceived stress prognostically differentiate class membership. Variability over time in these measures, specifically an increase in deviant peer affiliation, may help to account for steep increases in young adulthood.

Source: Addiction - February 18, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Allen W. Barton, Gene. H. Brody, Tamika C. B. Zapolski, Trenette C. Goings, Steven M. Kogan, Michael Windle, Tianyi Yu Tags: Research Report Source Type: research