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Are Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use Consistent Across Historical Time?: National Data From the High School Classes of 1976 Through 1997

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Brown, Tony N., Schulenberg, John, Bachman, Jerald G., O'Malley, Patrick M., Johnston, Lloyd D.·2001·Prevention Science

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Researchers have seldom examined whether risk and protective factors are consistently linked to substance use across historical time. Using nationally representative data collected from 22 consecutive cohorts of high school seniors (approximate N = 188,000) from the Monitoring the Future (MTF) project, we investigated whether correlates of substance use changed across historical time. We found a high degree of consistency across historical time in predictors of past month cigarette use, past month alcohol use, past year marijuana use, and past year cocaine use. Some predictors such as religiosity, political beliefs, truancy, and frequent evenings out were consistently linked to substance use. The consistency of other predictors such as region, parental education, and college plans was contingent in part upon historical time period, the particular substance, and its level of use.

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Authors
Brown, T. N., Schulenberg, J., Bachman, J. G., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Brown, Tony N.
Venue
Prevention Science
Published
2001-03
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
29-43
ISSN
  • 1389-4986 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6695
OpenAlex
W1510128572
Cited by
82
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 2
FWCI
2.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Prevention Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA-01411, R01DA001411)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
Keywords
substance use, risk factors, protective factors, temporal coherence, high school seniors, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, cocaine use, religiosity, political beliefs, truancy, college plans, parental education, Monitoring the Future
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Time Factors, United States, Cohort Studies, Substance-Related Disorders

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