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Longitudinal Associations Between Substance Use and Violence in Adolescence Through Adulthood

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Substance use and violence are interrelated behaviors during adolescence and early adulthood. Using National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health data, this study examined the longitudinal relationships between (a) alcohol and violence perpetration, (b) marijuana and perpetration, (c) alcohol and victimization, and (d) marijuana and victimization. Cross-lagged structural equation models showed that longitudinal patterns of violence and substance use vary somewhat and that the ways preceding stages of violence and substance use are associated with subsequent violence, and substance use differ by violence, substance type, and transitional stage. Our findings call for primary and secondary prevention strategies targeting early adulthood.

Source: Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

DOI: 10.1080/1533256x.2016.1162166

Authors: June Y. Lim, Camillia K. Lui

Institutions: University of California, Los Angeles, Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group

Language: English

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development