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Increases in Alcohol and Marijuana Use During the Transition Out of High School Into Emerging Adulthood: The Effects of Leaving Home, Going to College, and High School Protective Factors

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WHITE, HELENE RASKIN, McMORRIS, BARBARA J., CATALANO, RICHARD F., FLEMING, CHARLES B., HAGGERTY, KEVIN P., ABBOTT, ROBERT D.·2006·Journal of Studies on Alcohol
DOI 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.810PMC PMC2314672
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OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of leaving home and going to college on changes in the frequency of alcohol use, heavy episodic drinking, and marijuana use shortly after leaving high school. We also examined how protective factors in late adolescence predict post-high school substance use and moderate the effects of leaving home and going to college. METHOD: Data came from subjects (N = 319; 53% male) interviewed at the end of 12th grade and again approximately 6 months later, as part of the Raising Healthy Children project. RESULTS: Leaving home and going to college were significantly related to increases in the frequency of alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking from high school to emerging adulthood but not to changes in marijuana use. Having fewer friends who used each substance protected against increases in the frequency of alcohol use, heavy episodic drinking, and marijuana use. Higher religiosity protected against increases in alcohol-and marijuana-use frequency. Higher parental monitoring protected against increases in heavy episodic drinking and moderated the effect of going to college on marijuana use. Lower sensation seeking lessened the effect of going to college on increases in alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking. CONCLUSIONS: To prevent increases in substance use in emerging adulthood, interventions should concentrate on strengthening prosocial involvement and parental monitoring during high school. In addition, youths with high sensation seeking might be targeted for added intervention.

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Authors
WHITE, H. R., McMORRIS, B. J., CATALANO, R. F., FLEMING, C. B., HAGGERTY, K. P., & ABBOTT, R. D.
Affiliations
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
Publisher
Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.
Published
2006-11
Volume
67
Issue
6
Pages
810-822
ISSN
  • 0096-882X (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-2683
DOI
10.15288/jsa.2006.67.810
PMC
PMC2314672
OpenAlex
W1993175157
Cited by
476
References
36
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FWCI
9.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA08093, DA 17552, R01DA008093, P20DA017552)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
Keywords
alcohol consumption, cannabis use, binge drinking, emerging adulthood, transition to college, leaving home, protective factors, peer substance use, religiosity, parental supervision, sensation seeking, adolescent substance use prevention
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Male, Marijuana Smoking, Parent-Child Relations, Residence Characteristics, Social Control, Informal

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