PMID: 28499113May 13, 2017Paper

Social and Individual-Level Predictors of Alcohol Use Initiation and Escalation: Replicating and Extending Tests of Differential Effects

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Hector I Lopez-VergaraKristina M Jackson

Abstract

Although alcohol use is considered a developmental phenomenon, there is a relative dearth of studies disaggregating predictors of alcohol use initiation versus early escalation of drinking. One perspective that has emerged is that social levels of influence may be relevant for the initiation of drinking, whereas individual levels of influence may be relevant for the early escalation in level of drinking among initiators, which we refer to as the specificity hypothesis. A sample of alcohol-naive youth (n = 944; mean age = 12.16 years, SD = 0.96) was prospectively assessed for 3 years, spanning six waves of data collection. Both social (parental conflict, perceived prevalence of peer drinking) and individual-level (higher sensation seeking) variables uniquely predicted increases in the likelihood of alcohol initiation. Likewise, both social (perceived descriptive norms of peer drinking) and individual-level (lower school grades, higher sensation seeking) variables uniquely predicted escalation in level of drinking among initiators (although only marginally for sensation seeking). Overall, there was little support for the specificity hypothesis. Our findings suggest that to assume that social and individual-level processes differe...Continue Reading

Citations

Nov 27, 2019·Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports·Jillian E HardeeMary M Heitzeg
Jun 18, 2020·Alcohol and Alcoholism : International Journal of the Medical Council on Alcoholism·Michelle MacCalmanKristen G Anderson

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