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Pubertal status, sensation-seeking, impulsivity, and substance use in high school-aged boys and girls

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Kong, Grace, Smith, Anne E., McMahon, Thomas J., Cavallo, Dana A., Schepis, Ty S., Desai, Rani A., Potenza, Marc N., Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra·2013·Journal of Addiction Medicine

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OBJECTIVE: To examine how factors such as pubertal status, sensation-seeking, and impulsivity are related to substance use (cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana) in high school students and examine these associations by gender. METHODS: Ten public high schools in Connecticut participated in a survey of high-risk behaviors. Adolescents from grades 9 to 12 (N = 3068) completed measures of physical development (Pubertal Development Scale), perceived pubertal timing, impulsivity and sensation-seeking (Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire-Form III), and cigarette, marijuana, and alcohol use in the past 30 days. RESULTS: Logistic regression analyses modeling each substance use (cigarettes, marijuana, and alcohol) and gender separately showed that (1) early perceived pubertal timing was associated with cigarette use but Pubertal Development Scale was not associated with any substance use, (2) sensation-seeking was associated with use of all 3 substances, and (3) gender differences were detected: impulsivity was associated with use of all 3 substances among girls, but this was not found among boys. CONCLUSION: Future studies should examine the relationship among pubertal status, sensation-seeking, and impulsivity from preadolescence through late adolescence to better understand how these relationships to substance use may change with time and growth.

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  • Measures of sensation seeking are often found to be predictive of self-reported risk taking.

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Authors
Kong, G., Smith, A. E., McMahon, T. J., Cavallo, D. A., Schepis, T. S., Desai, R. A., Potenza, M. N., & Krishnan-Sarin, S.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • Texas State University (US)
Corresponding author
Kong, Grace
Venue
Journal of Addiction Medicine
Published
2013-03
Volume
7
Issue
2
Pages
116-121
ISSN
1932-0620 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2046598594
Cited by
69
References
46
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FWCI
4.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Addiction Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (P50AA015632, P50-AA15632)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (P50 DA09421, T32-DA07238, P50DA009241, T32DA007238)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Keywords
pubertal timing, sensation seeking, impulsivity, adolescent substance use, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, gender differences, high school students, Pubertal Development Scale
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Connecticut, Female, Humans, Impulsive Behavior, Male, Marijuana Smoking, Puberty, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Risk-Taking, Smoking, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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