TY - JOUR
T1 - Trajectories of Early Binge Drinking
T2 - A Function of Family Cohesion and Peer Use
AU - Soloski, Kristy L.
AU - Kale Monk, J.
AU - Durtschi, Jared A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we tested latent growth models examining whether the number of friends using alcohol and family cohesion were linked with trajectories of binge drinking (N = 3,342) from adolescence (average age 15.06) into young adulthood (average age 27.93). Adolescents with higher family cohesion had lower rates of binge drinking in adolescence (b = -.07, p < .05), while those with more friends drinking alcohol were more likely to binge drink in adolescence (b = .51, p < .001), young adulthood (b = .22, p < .001), and had increasing trajectories of binge drinking across 14 years (b = -.29, p < .001). Clinically, we discuss Multiple-Family Group Interventions as a potential approach.
AB - Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we tested latent growth models examining whether the number of friends using alcohol and family cohesion were linked with trajectories of binge drinking (N = 3,342) from adolescence (average age 15.06) into young adulthood (average age 27.93). Adolescents with higher family cohesion had lower rates of binge drinking in adolescence (b = -.07, p < .05), while those with more friends drinking alcohol were more likely to binge drink in adolescence (b = .51, p < .001), young adulthood (b = .22, p < .001), and had increasing trajectories of binge drinking across 14 years (b = -.29, p < .001). Clinically, we discuss Multiple-Family Group Interventions as a potential approach.
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U2 - 10.1111/jmft.12111
DO - 10.1111/jmft.12111
M3 - Article
C2 - 25585579
AN - SCOPUS:84955687973
VL - 42
SP - 76
EP - 90
JO - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
JF - Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
SN - 0194-472X
IS - 1
ER -