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    Child maltreatment and cannabis use in young adulthood: a birth cohort study

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    Mills, R.
    Kisely, S.
    Alati, Rosa
    Strathearn, L.
    Najman, J.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    © 2016 Society for the Study of Addiction Aims: To investigate whether: (1) child maltreatment is associated with life-time cannabis use, early-onset cannabis use, daily cannabis use and DSM-IV cannabis abuse in young adulthood; and (2) behaviour problems, tobacco use and alcohol use at age 14 are associated with cannabis use. Design: Birth cohort using linked government agency child protection data to define exposure to child maltreatment. Setting: The Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy in Brisbane, Australia. Participants: Of the original cohort of 7223 mother and child pairs, obtained from consecutive presentations for prenatal care at a hospital serving a cross-section of the community, 3778 (52.3%) of the young people participated at age 21 years. Measurements: Exposure to child maltreatment was established by substantiated government agency reports. Cannabis outcomes were by self-report questionnaire and Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)-Auto at age 21. Associations were adjusted for a range of potential confounders. Additional adjustment was carried out for variables measured at age 14—youth behaviour problems [Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)], tobacco use and alcohol use. Findings: After adjustment, substantiated child maltreatment was associated with any life-time cannabis use [odds ratio (OR) = 1.60, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.08–2.39], cannabis use prior to age 17 (OR = 2.47, 95 % CI = 1.67–3.65), daily cannabis use (OR = 2.68, 95% CI = 1.49–4.81) and DSM-IV cannabis abuse/dependence (OR = 1.72, 95% CI = 1.07–2.77). Externalizing behaviour and tobacco and alcohol use at age 14 were associated significantly with almost all cannabis outcomes (P < 0.05), with internalizing behaviour associated inversely (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Children in Australia who are documented as having been maltreated are more likely to go on to use cannabis before the age of 17, use cannabis as an adult, use cannabis daily and meet DSM-IV criteria for cannabis dependence. Externalizing behaviour in adolescence appears partly to mediate the association with adult cannabis use.

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    Mills, R. and Kisely, S. and Alati, R. and Strathearn, L. and Najman, J. 2017. Child maltreatment and cannabis use in young adulthood: a birth cohort study. Addiction. 112 (3): pp. 494-501.
    Source Title
    Addiction
    DOI
    10.1111/add.13634
    ISSN
    0965-2140
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72185
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    • Curtin Research Publications

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