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dc.contributor.authorBetts, K.
dc.contributor.authorAlati, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorBaker, P.
dc.contributor.authorLetcher, P.
dc.contributor.authorHutchinson, D.
dc.contributor.authorYoussef, G.
dc.contributor.authorOlsson, C.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T09:14:42Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T09:14:42Z
dc.date.created2018-12-12T02:47:13Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationBetts, K. and Alati, R. and Baker, P. and Letcher, P. and Hutchinson, D. and Youssef, G. and Olsson, C. 2018. The natural history of risky drinking and associated harms from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from the Australian Temperament Project. Psychological Medicine. 48 (1): pp. 23-32.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72855
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033291717000654
dc.description.abstract

© 2017 Cambridge University Press. Background We aimed to describe the natural history of heavy episodic drinking (HED) and associated harms from adolescence to young adulthood in a large Australian population cohort study. Method The Australian Temperament Project consists of mothers and babies (4-8 months) recruited from Infant Welfare Centres and followed every 2 to 4 years until age 28 years. Analyses were based on data from 1156 young people (497 male; 659 female) surveyed repeatedly at ages 16, 18, 20, 24 and 28 years. We used dual processes latent class growth analysis to estimate trajectories of HED and associated harms, employing a piecewise approach to model the hypothesized rise and subsequent fall across adolescence and the late twenties, respectively. Results We identified four sex-specific trajectories and observed little evidence of maturing-out across the twenties. In males, a normative pattern of increasing HED across the twenties with little related harm was observed (40% of the male sample). Early and late starter groups that peaked in harms at age 20 years with only minor attenuation in binging thereafter were also observed (6.1% and 35%, respectively). In females, a normative pattern of increasing, but moderate, HED with little related harm was observed (44% of the female sample). Early and late starter groups were also identified (18% and 17%, respectively); however, unlike males, the female late starter group showed a pattern of increasing HED and related harms. Conclusions Continued patterns of risky alcohol use and related harms are apparent for both males and females across the twenties.

dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.titleThe natural history of risky drinking and associated harms from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from the Australian Temperament Project
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume48
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage23
dcterms.source.endPage32
dcterms.source.issn0033-2917
dcterms.source.titlePsychological Medicine
curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
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