Journal article
Adverse adult consequences of different alcohol use patterns in adolescence: an integrative analysis of data to age 30 years from four Australasian cohorts
E Silins, LJ Horwood, JM Najman, GC Patton, JW Toumbourou, CA Olsson, DM Hutchinson, L Degenhardt, D Fergusson, D Becker, JM Boden, R Borschmann, M Plotnikova, GJ Youssef, RJ Tait, P Clare, WD Hall, RP Mattick
Addiction | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/add.14263
Abstract
Background and Aims: Studies have linked adolescent alcohol use with adverse consequences in adulthood, yet it is unclear how strong the associations are and to what extent they may be due to confounding. Our aim was to estimate the strength of association between different patterns of adolescent drinking and longer-term psychosocial harms taking into account individual, family and peer factors. Design: Participant-level data were integrated from four long-running longitudinal studies: Australian Temperament Project, Christchurch Health and Development Study, Mater Hospital and University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy and Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study. Setting: Australia and Ne..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium includes the authors and: Steve Allsop, Raimondo Bruno, Carolyn Coffey, Primrose Letcher, Keriann Little, Greg Shuttlewood, Rachel Skinner, Elizabeth Spry and Wendy Swift. This study was supported by an Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (no. 1064893). The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia are supported by funding from the Australian Government. The Christchurch Health and Development Study is supported by funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC11/792, HRC16/600). 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 an NHMRC principal research fellowship. R.J.T. is supported by a Curtin University Fellowship. R.B. is supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (1104644). We thank all individuals and families involved in the participating cohorts for their time and invaluable contribution to the study; all collaborators who have contributed to the Australian Temperament Project, especially Ann Sanson, Diana Smart, Margot Prior and Frank Oberklaid; and Christina O'Loughlin, John Carlin and Helen Romaniuk for their contributions to the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study.