Concurrent and Long-Term Effects of Early Pubertal Timing on Alcohol, Cigarette, and Cannabis Use from Adolescence to Adulthood

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• Alternative Title:
  Psychol Addict Behav
• Personal Author:
  Goering, Marlon ; McMahan, Kristina ; Mrug, Sylvie
• Description:
  Objective ; Early pubertal timing is a risk factor for substance use during adolescence. Fewer studies investigated whether early pubertal timing continues to predict substance use in late adolescence and adulthood, suggesting that long-term effects of pubertal timing vary across substances and by biological sex. Finally, existing studies on pubertal timing and substance use in adulthood involved predominantly White samples. Thus, this longitudinal study examined the concurrent and long-term effects of pubertal timing on alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis use together with sex differences in predominantly Black youth from the US. ; Method ; The sample included 603 youth (52% male, 80% Black) who were interviewed in early adolescence (Mean age: 13.2), late adolescence (Mean age: 17.6), and young adulthood (Mean age: 27.7). During early adolescence, youth self-reported their physical maturation based on Tanner scores, which were adjusted for age and used as indicators of pubertal timing. Youth self-reported their substance use at each time point. ; Results ; Early pubertal timing was associated with higher odds of alcohol use during early adolescence but did not predict alcohol use during late adolescence or adulthood. While early pubertal timing did not predict cigarette use at any time point, early pubertal timing predicted greater odds for cannabis use during early adolescence and higher rates of cannabis use in adulthood. Moreover, early pubertal timing predicted greater risk for co-use of alcohol, cigarettes, and cannabis in adulthood. No effects differed by sex. ; Conclusions ; These findings suggest that links between pubertal timing and substance use vary across substances and developmental periods.
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Puberty
  • Cigarette Smoking
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Young Adult
  • Adult
  • Marijuana Use
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Pubertal Timing
  • Alcohol Use
  • Cigarette Use
  • Cannabis Use
  • Longitudinal
• Source:
  Psychol Addict Behav. 38(7):772-784
• Pubmed ID:
  38330352
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11306414
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K01 DA024700/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P60 MD000502/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 MD000502/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; Foundation for the National Institutes of Health/ ; CC/CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  38
• Issue:
  7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/159756/cdc_159756_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 385.39 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:daa13d4856462955b43ccbbdd37bbd8d323bbe6b094d4c7898ed521798a1de6e343eeaf8882ede0a6b1457a4602343b1b9e0d3be8e3f58b420f77f8233c79f6a