Adolescent substance use and educational attainment: An integrative data analysis comparing cannabis and alcohol from three Australasian cohorts

E Silins; DM Fergusson; GC Patton; LJ Horwood; CA Olsson; DM Hutchinson; L Degenhardt; RJ Tait; R Borschmann; C Coffey; JW Toumbourou; JM Najman; RP Mattick; S Allsop; R Bruno; J Copeland; R Hayatbakhsh; P Letcher; M Plotnikova; SR Skinner; E Spry; W Swift; G Youssef

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Adolescent substance use and educational attainment: An integrative data analysis comparing cannabis and alcohol from three Australasian cohorts

E Silins, DM Fergusson, GC Patton, LJ Horwood, CA Olsson, DM Hutchinson, L Degenhardt, RJ Tait, R Borschmann, C Coffey, JW Toumbourou, JM Najman, RP Mattick, S Allsop, R Bruno, J Copeland, R Hayatbakhsh, P Letcher, M Plotnikova, SR Skinner Show all

Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.034

Abstract

Background: The relative contributions of cannabis and alcohol use to educational outcomes are unclear. We examined the extent to which adolescent cannabis or alcohol use predicts educational attainment in emerging adulthood. Methods: Participant-level data were integrated from three longitudinal studies from Australia and New Zealand (Australian Temperament Project, Christchurch Health and Development Study, and Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study). The number of participants varied by analysis (N= 2179-3678) and were assessed on multiple occasions between ages 13 and 25. We described the association between frequency of cannabis or alcohol use prior to age 17 and high school non-compl..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by an Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (numbers 1064893, 1009381). The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia is supported by funding from the Australian Government. G.C.P. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellowship (APP1019887). D.M.H. is supported by a Vice-chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship from UNSW Australia. L.D. (APP1041742) and R.P.M. (APP1045318) are each supported by NHMRC Principal Research Fellowships. C.A.O. (DP130101459) is supported by an Australian Research Council Senior Research Fellowship. R.J.T. is supported by a Curtin University Fellowship. R.B. is supported by a McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship from the University of Melbourne (0038703). The sponsors of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report.