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dc.contributor.authorHayatbakhsh, Mohammad R
dc.contributor.authorNajman, Jake M
dc.contributor.authorMcGee, Tara R
dc.contributor.authorBor, William
dc.contributor.authorO'Callaghan, Michael J
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:19:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:19:15Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2011-06-08T06:44:31Z
dc.identifier.issn0965-2140
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02382.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39099
dc.description.abstractAims: To examine whether self‐reporting a later stage of pubertal development in early adolescence predicts young adults' use of illicit drugs. Design: Population‐based prospective birth cohort study. Setting: Follow‐up of a cohort of mothers and their children, recruited between 1981 and 1983. Participants: Cohort of 2710 young adults who completed a self‐report questionnaire about their use of cannabis and amphetamines at the 21‐year follow‐up. Measurements: Young adults' use of cannabis and amphetamines were measured at the 21‐year follow‐up. Stage of pubertal development was assessed at the 14‐year follow‐up. Potential confounding and mediating variables were assessed between birth and when the child was 14 years. Findings: Of 2710 young adults, 49.9% (47.3 females and 52.7% males) reported that they had used cannabis and 21.0% (18.9% females and 23.3% males) reported that they had used amphetamines and cannabis by 21 years. In multivariate analyses, adolescents with a later stage of puberty were more likely to use cannabis or amphetamines in young adulthood. This association was not confounded by mother's education or child's gender and age. Part of the relationship was explained by the higher frequency of child externalizing behaviour at 14 years. Conclusions: The findings warrant further attention to puberty as a sensitive period in an individual's development. With regard to prevention, there is a need to understand more about the pathways between pubertal development, child behaviour problems and substance use.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.publisher.placeOxford, UK
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom59
dc.relation.ispartofpageto66
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAddiction
dc.relation.ispartofvolume104
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode441001
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleEarly pubertal maturation in the prediction of early adult substance use: a prospective study
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMcGee, Tara Renae R.


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