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Article de Périodique
Reliability of self-reported age of substance involvement onset (2003)
(Fiabilité des témoignages sur l'âge de début de la consommation de substances)
Auteur(s) :
PARRA G. R. ;
O'NEILL, S. E. ;
SHER, K. J.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
211-218
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
32
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
AUTOEVALUATION
;
PREMIER USAGE
;
TRAJECTOIRE
;
PRONOSTIC
;
FIABILITE
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 2003, 17, 211-218
Résumé :
The authors investigated the reliability of self-reported age of onset (AO) for alcohol, tobacco (cigarette), and illicit drug involvement. Participants were 410 young adults taking part in an 11-year longitudinal study. A moderate degree of reliability was found for the 3 substances. Despite this level of stability, results illustrate a tendency for reported AOs to increase over time. The trend is more salient for participants who reported younger AOs at the initial assessment. Findings also indicate that, for alcohol and tobacco, more individuals were classified as early onset based on year 1 compared with year 11 reports. Despite these systematic changes, at least for alcohol and illicit drugs, age at which onset was assessed did not moderate the association between AO and substance-related outcomes. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Dept Psychol. Sci., Univ. Missouri-Columbia, 200 South 7th Street, Columbia, Missouri 65211. Etats-Unis. United States.