Journal article
Reassessing the Effects of Early Adolescent Alcohol Use on Later Antisocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Study of Students in Victoria, Australia, and Washington State, United States
Sheryl A Hemphill, Jessica A Heerde, Kirsty E Scholes-Balog, Rachel Smith, Todd I Herrenkohl, John W Toumbourou, Richard F Catalano
JOURNAL OF EARLY ADOLESCENCE | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2014
Abstract
The effect of early adolescent alcohol use on antisocial behavior was examined at one- and two-year follow-up in Washington, United States and Victoria, Australia. Each state used the same methods to survey statewide representative samples of students (N = 1,858, 52% female) in 2002 (Grade 7 [G7]), 2003 (Grade 8 [G8]), and 2004 (Grade 9 [G9]). Rates of lifetime, current, frequent, and heavy episodic alcohol use were higher in Victoria than Washington State, whereas rates of five antisocial behaviors were generally comparable across states. After controlling for established risk factors, few associations between alcohol use and antisocial behavior remained, except that G7 current use predicte..
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