Family incarceration and adolescent nicotine, alcohol, and cannabis use: A coarsened exact matching approach

IF 3.7 2区医学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Addictive behaviors Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2025.108270

Myriam Forster , Abnous Shaverdi , Xiao Zhang , Claudia M Toledo-Corral , Timothy J Grigsby

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Abstract

Introduction

Evidence overwhelmingly indicates that adverse childhood experiences (ACE), a set of highly correlated traumatic events experienced before age 18, increase risk for adolescent substance use. However, few studies have examined the association of family/household member incarceration (FI) and early substance use initiation (≤14 years old) and past 30-day substance use accounting for other ACE, demographic characteristics, and socio-economic status. To fill this gap, we used a matching method to explore the unique effect of FI on early substance use initiation and past 30-day use among diverse adolescents.

Methods

Data are baseline survey responses of high school students enrolled in the first year of a longitudinal school-based study. After matching youth on key characteristics to create balanced groups of exposed and non-exposed respondents, logistic regression models assessed the association between FI and early initiation of alcohol and cannabis use and past 30-day nicotine, alcohol and cannabis use.

Results

Exposure to FI was significantly associated with higher odds of early initiation of alcohol (OR = 2.54, 95 % CI: 1.64–3.90) and cannabis (OR = 1.63, 95 % CI: 1.03–2.59) use and past 30-day alcohol (OR = 2.11, 95 % CI: 1.50–2.94), nicotine, (OR = 1.72, 95 % CI: 1.21–2.45) and cannabis (OR = 1.71, 95 % CI: 1.17–2.48) use.

Conclusion

Despite advocacy and criminal justice reform initiatives, generations of families in vulnerable communities navigate the complexities of arrest, incarceration, and reintegration with few supports or initiatives for impacted youth. Our findings point towards the need and potential benefit of prevention programs and services, especially upstream prevention efforts, for this youth population.

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Addictive behaviors 医学-药物滥用

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8.40

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283

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46 days

期刊介绍： Addictive Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality human research on addictive behaviors and disorders since 1975. The journal accepts submissions of full-length papers and short communications on substance-related addictions such as the abuse of alcohol, drugs and nicotine, and behavioral addictions involving gambling and technology. We primarily publish behavioral and psychosocial research but our articles span the fields of psychology, sociology, psychiatry, epidemiology, social policy, medicine, pharmacology and neuroscience. While theoretical orientations are diverse, the emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical. That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance. However, innovative and empirically oriented case studies that might encourage new lines of inquiry are accepted as well. Studies that clearly contribute to current knowledge of etiology, prevention, social policy or treatment are given priority. Scholarly commentaries on topical issues, systematic reviews, and mini reviews are encouraged. We especially welcome multimedia papers that incorporate video or audio components to better display methodology or findings. Studies can also be submitted to Addictive Behaviors? companion title, the open access journal Addictive Behaviors Reports, which has a particular interest in ''non-traditional'', innovative and empirically-oriented research such as negative/null data papers, replication studies, case reports on novel treatments, and cross-cultural research.