Psychosocial predictors of binge-drinking residual harm in adolescence and young adulthood: Findings from the Australian Temperament Project

CJ Greenwood; GJ Youssef; M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz; P Letcher; JA Macdonald; DM Hutchinson; EA Spry; A Sanson; JW Toumbourou; EJ Biden; CA Olsson

Journal article

Psychosocial predictors of binge-drinking residual harm in adolescence and young adulthood: Findings from the Australian Temperament Project

CJ Greenwood, GJ Youssef, M Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, P Letcher, JA Macdonald, DM Hutchinson, EA Spry, A Sanson, JW Toumbourou, EJ Biden, CA Olsson

Drug and Alcohol Dependence | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108864

Abstract

Aims: We examine the extent to which adolescent and young adult psychosocial factors are associated with variation in the experience of common types of harm (e.g., injuries, violence, sexual regrets) with respect to binge-drinking frequency – termed residual harm. Methods: Data were from the Australian Temperament Project, a population-based cohort study that has followed a sample of young Australians from infancy to adulthood since 1983. The current sample comprised 1,081 (565 women). Residual harm was operationalised by saving residuals from models regressing number of alcohol harms onto binge-drinking frequency at each of 5 waves, two in adolescence (15–16 and 17–18 years) and three in yo..

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Jacqui MacDonald Author

Ann Sanson Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

Role of funding source Data collection for the ATP study was supported primarily through Australian grants from the Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital Research Foundation, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council, and the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Funding for this work was supported by grants from the Australian Research Council [DP130101459; DP160103160; DP180102447] and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [APP1082406] . CAO was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council fellowship (Investigator grant APP1175086) . DMH was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [APP1197488] .