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Maturing out of alcohol involvement: transitions in latent drinking statuses from late adolescence to adulthood

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Lee, Matthew R., Chassin, Laurie, Villalta, Ian K.·2013·Development and Psychopathology

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Research has shown a developmental process of “maturing out” of alcohol involvement beginning in young adulthood, but the precise nature of changes characterizing maturing out is unclear. We used latent transition analysis to investigate these changes in a high-risk sample from a longitudinal study of familial alcoholism (N = 844; 51% children of alcoholics; 53% male, 71% non-Hispanic Caucasian, 27% Hispanic). Analyses classified participants into latent drinking statuses during late adolescence (ages 17–22), young adulthood (ages 23–28), and adulthood (ages 29–40), and characterized transitions among these statuses over time. The resulting four statuses were abstainers, low-risk drinkers who typically drank less than weekly and rarely binged or showed drinking problems, moderate-risk drinkers who typically binged less than weekly and showed moderate risk for drinking problems, and high-risk drinkers who typically binged at least weekly and showed high risk for drinking problems. Maturing out between late adolescence and young adulthood was most common among initial high-risk drinkers, but they typically declined to moderate-risk drinking rather than to nonrisky drinking statuses. This suggests that the developmental phenomenon of maturing out pertains primarily to relatively high-risk initial drinkers and that many high-risk drinkers who mature out merely reduce rather than eliminate their risky drinking.

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Authors
Lee, M. R., Chassin, L., & Villalta, I. K.
Affiliations
Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author
Lee, Matthew R.
Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Published
2013-11
Volume
25
Issue
4pt1
Pages
1137-1153
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
OpenAlex
W2088736439
Cited by
81
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5t32mh018387-28)
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA016213)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (T32MH-018387)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
Keywords
alcohol use trajectories, binge drinking, children of alcoholics, familial alcoholism, adolescent alcohol use, young adult alcohol use, alcohol-related problems
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Age Factors, Aging, Alcohol Drinking, Alcoholic Intoxication, Alcoholism, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Child of Impaired Parents

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