Alcohol use during the transition from middle school to high school: national panel data on prevalence and moderators

摘要: The movement from middle school to high is a normative transition that typically associated with increased stress and opportunity in social academic domains. Theoretically, this may reflect turning point terms of initiating or sharply increasing heavy alcohol use, notion has received little attention the empirical literature. present study draws on nationally representative data set, National Longitudinal Survey Youth 1997 (NLSY97), examine impact high-school increases use. multiwave multicohort design NLSY97 permits explicit coding for 3,360 adolescents (48% female; 54% non-Black/non-Hispanic). Using latent analysis, we examined transitions among nondrinking, light drinking, drinking classes characterize initiation use progression heavier drinking. Non-Black/non-Hispanic youth those higher delinquent behaviors were more likely be involved prior rapidly escalate their transition. Although no sex differences observed transition, girls nondrinking whereas boys High monitoring was greater school; low moderate parental across time risk many young people, important as intervene warranted. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved). Language: en