Patterns of substance use among children and youth: a longitudinal study.

Substance and alcohol actions/misuse Pub Date : 1984-01-01
R H Coombs, F I Fawzy, B E Gerber
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This report presents a set of findings from a three wave 36 month longitudinal study on the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana/hashish and other drugs by a population of children and adolescents ranging in age from 9 to 17 at the time of first interview. Gross differences in percentages of subjects reporting using substances across the three data collection intervals are found to be quite small. However, when these differences are examined in detail, it is found that a good deal of initiation of use by some subjects and curtailing of use by others stands behind the relatively small net changes in use from one interval to another. Escalation in substance use, from less mood altering to more mood altering substances, is found to exist, but to appear far less frequently than "initial" multiple drug use. Finally, "intensity" of use of one substance is found to be somewhat related to age and very strongly related to the use of other substances. Limitations of findings due to episodic rather than continuous monitoring of substance use are noted.

儿童和青少年药物使用模式:一项纵向研究。
本报告介绍了第一次访谈时年龄在9至17岁的儿童和青少年使用香烟、酒精、大麻/哈希什和其他毒品的一项为期36个月的三波纵向研究的一组结果。在三个数据收集间隔内,报告使用物质的受试者百分比的总差异很小。然而,当仔细研究这些差异时,就会发现,在一个间隔到另一个间隔相对较小的净使用变化背后,是一些受试者大量开始使用而另一些受试者减少使用。药物使用的升级,从较少的情绪改变到更多的情绪改变物质,被发现是存在的,但出现的频率远低于“初始”多种药物使用。最后,一种物质使用的“强度”被发现与年龄有一定关系,与其他物质的使用有很强的关系。注意到对药物使用情况进行间歇性监测而不是连续监测所造成的结果的局限性。
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