Association between risk propensity and substance use: A multilevel meta-analysis

IF 3.9 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

Drug and alcohol dependence Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112640

Chia-Wen Wang , Joey Elizabeth Yeo , Yiyun Shou

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Abstract

Background

Substance use and its related disorders represent a significant global health concern. Risk propensity has been identified as a factor influencing substance use.

Methods

Multilevel meta-analysis was applied to quantitatively synthesise studies examining the associations between risk propensity and substance use and to identify potential factors that influence these relationships.

Results

A total of 323 effect sizes, 186 independent samples, and 148 studies were included in this meta-analysis. The results showed that risk propensity was statistically positively associated with substance use (r = 0.116), as well as with all three main types of substances, including tobacco (r = 0.092), alcohol (r = 0.114), and drugs (r = 0.115). Such a link was not significantly different across substance types. Moderator analyses showed that the type of risk propensity assessments and age of the study samples moderated the association between risk propensity and one or more types of substance use.

Conclusions

The findings underscore the importance of considering the role of risk propensity in the initiation of substance use and developing early interventions to prevent substance use. Future interventions could consider early detection and targeted intervention for young people with a heightened risk propensity.

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Drug and alcohol dependence 医学-精神病学

CiteScore

7.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

409

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Drug and Alcohol Dependence is an international journal devoted to publishing original research, scholarly reviews, commentaries, and policy analyses in the area of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and dependence. Articles range from studies of the chemistry of substances of abuse, their actions at molecular and cellular sites, in vitro and in vivo investigations of their biochemical, pharmacological and behavioural actions, laboratory-based and clinical research in humans, substance abuse treatment and prevention research, and studies employing methods from epidemiology, sociology, and economics.