Continuities in maternal substance use from early adolescence to parenthood: findings from the intergenerational cohort consortium

Kimberly C Thomson; Christopher J Greenwood; Primrose Letcher; Elizabeth A Spry; Jacqui A Macdonald; Helena M McAnally; Lindsey A Hines; George J Youssef; Jennifer E McIntosh; Delyse Hutchinson; Robert J Hancox; George C Patton; Craig A Olsson

Journal article

Continuities in maternal substance use from early adolescence to parenthood: findings from the intergenerational cohort consortium

Kimberly C Thomson, Christopher J Greenwood, Primrose Letcher, Elizabeth A Spry, Jacqui A Macdonald, Helena M McAnally, Lindsey A Hines, George J Youssef, Jennifer E McIntosh, Delyse Hutchinson, Robert J Hancox, George C Patton, Craig A Olsson

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1017/S0033291721003925

Abstract

Background This study assessed the extent to which women's preconception binge drinking, tobacco use and cannabis use, reported prospectively in adolescence and young adulthood, predicted use of these substances during pregnancy and at 1 year postpartum. Methods Data were pooled from two intergenerational cohort studies: the Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study (395 mothers, 691 pregnancies) and the Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (398 mothers, 609 pregnancies). Alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use were assessed in adolescence (13-18 years), young adulthood (19-29 years) and at ages 29-35 years for those transitioning to parenthood. Exposures were weekly or more fre..

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Funding Acknowledgements

Funding for this work was supported by grants for CAO from the Australian Research Council [DP130101459; DP160103160; DP180102447] and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) [APP1082406]. GCP was supported by the NHMRC [APP1117873]. KCT was supported by funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MFE158141] and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research [RT-2020-0550]. Additionally, this work was supported by the NHMRC (APP1008273, APP1063091, APP437015), Australian Rotary Health, Colonial Foundation, Perpetual Trustees, Financial Markets Foundation for Children (Australia), Royal Children's Hospital Foundation and the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Program.