Age at first alcohol use: A risk factor for the development of alcohol disorders

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 745-750

  DeWit, David J ^a   Adlaf, Edward M ^a   Offord, David R ^a   Ogborne, Alan C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034057473     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.5.745     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Shedler J, Block J: Adolescent drug use and psychological health. Am Psychol 1990; 45:612-630
2. Yamaguchi K, Kandel DB: On the resolution of role incompatibility: a life event history analysis of family roles and marijuana use. AJS 1985; 90:1284-1325
3. Helzer JE, Canino GJ: Alcoholism in North America, Europe, and Asia. New York, Oxford University Press, 1992
4. Rice DP: The economic cost of alcohol abuse and dependence: 1990. Alcohol Health and Research World 1993; 17: 10-11
5. Hawkins JD, Graham JW, Maguin E, Abbott R, Hill KG, Catalano RF: Exploring the effects of age of alcohol use initiation and psychosocial risk factors on subsequent alcohol misuse. J Stud Alcohol 1997; 58:280-290
6. Chou SP, Pickering RP: Early onset of drinking as a risk factor for lifetime alcohol-related problems. Br J Addict 1992; 87: 1199-1204
7. Gruber E, DiClemente RJ, Anderson MM, Lodico M: Early drinking onset and its association with alcohol use and problem behavior in late adolescence. Prev Med 1996; 25:293-300
8. Grant BF, Dawson DA: Age at onset of alcohol use and its association with DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence: results from the National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiological Survey. J Subst Abuse 1997; 9:103-110
9. Clayton RR: Transitions in drug use: risk and protective factors, in Vulnerability to Drug Abuse. Edited by Glantz M, Pickens R. Washington, DC, American Psychological Association, 1992, pp 15-51
10. Robins LN, Przybeck TR: Age of onset of drug use as a factor in drug and other disorders. NIDA Res Mongr 1985; 56:178-192
11. Guthrie BJ, Loveland-Cherry C, Frey MA, Dielman TE: A theoretical approach to studying health behaviors in adolescents: an at-risk population. Fam Community Health 1994; 17:35-48
12. Zucker RA, Fitzgerald HE: Early developmental factors and risk for alcohol problems. Alcohol Health and Research World 1991; 15:18-24
13. Yamaguchi K: Drug use and its social covariates from the period of adolescence to young adulthood: some implications from longitudinal studies, in Recent Developments in Alcoholism, vol 8. Edited by Galanter M. New York, Plenum Press, 1990, pp 125-143
14. Hawkins JD, Catalano RF, Miller JY: Risk and protective factors for alcohol and other drug problems in adolescence and early adulthood: implications for substance abuse prevention. Psychol Bull 1992; 112:64-105
15. Hawkins JD, Arthur MW, Catalano RF: Preventing substance abuse, in Building a Safer Society: Strategic Approaches to Crime Prevention. Edited by Farrington D, Tonry M. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1995, pp 343-428
16. Johnston LD, O'Malley PM, Bachman JG: National Survey Results on Drug Use From the Monitoring the Future Study, 1975-1995. Rockville, Md, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1997
17. National Study on Substance Use Among Women in the United States. Rockville, Md, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, 1997
18. Ontario Health Survey 1990, Mental Health Supplement: User's Manual, vol 1: Documentation. Toronto, Ontario Ministry of Health, 1995
19. Boyle MH, Offord DR, Campbell D, Catlin G, Goering P, Lin E, Racine Y: Mental health supplement to the Ontario Health Survey: methodology. Can J Psychiatry 1996; 41:549-558
20. World Health Organization: Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), version 1.0. Geneva, WHO, 1990
21. Wittchen H-U: Reliability and validity studies of the WHO-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI): a critical review. J Psychiatr Res 1994; 28:57-84
22. Wittchen H, Burke JD, Semler G, Pfister H, Von Cranach M, Zaudig M: Recall and dating of psychiatric symptoms. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1989; 46:437-443
23. Efron B: Logistic regression, survival analysis, and the Kaplan-Meier curve. J Am Statistical Assoc 1988; 83:414-425
24. Singer JD, Willett JB: It's about time: using discrete-time survival analysis to study duration and the timing of events. J Educational Statistics 1993; 18:155-195
25. SAS/STAT User's Guide, version 6, 4th ed, vol 2. Cary, NC, SAS Institute, 1989
26. Paglia A, Room R: How unthinkable and at what age? adult opinions about the social clock of contested behaviours by teenagers. J Youth Studies 1998; 1:295-314
27. Breslau N, Fenn N, Peterson EL: Early smoking initiation and nicotine dependence in a cohort of young adults. Drug Alcohol Depend 1993; 33:129-137
28. Simmons RG, Burgeson R, Carlton-Ford S, Blyth DA: The impact of cumulative change in early adolescence. Child Dev 1987; 58:1220-1234
29. McCubbin HI, Needle RH, Wilson M: Adolescent health risk behaviors: family stress and adolescent coping as critical factors. Family Relations 1985; 34:51-62