scholarly journals A latent class analysis of the past-30-day substance use patterns among lifetime cocaine users: Findings from a community sample in North Central Florida

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 100170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiyang Liu ◽  
Amy L. Elliott ◽  
Mirsada Serdarevic ◽  
Robert F. Leeman ◽  
Linda B. Cottler
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
North Central ◽  
Central Florida ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cocaine Users

Substance Use Patterns Among Adolescents: A Latent Class Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 586-594
Author(s):  
Heeyoung Lee ◽  
Kyeongra Yang ◽  
Joshua Palmer ◽  
Brayden Kameg ◽  
Lin Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Synthetic Marijuana

BACKGROUND: Substance use among adolescents remains a major public health concern, which is correlated with mortality. AIMS: The purpose of this study was to (1) examine risk factors predisposing adolescents to substance use and (2) identify patterns of simultaneous drug exploration among adolescents. METHOD: Data ( N = 15,624; collected in 2015) were drawn from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is a national school-based survey of 9th- to 12th-grade students to monitor health risk behaviors. Substance use was assessed using self-reported questionnaires, and latent class analysis and logistic regression were used for data analysis. RESULTS: Five latent patterns of substance use were identified: (1) abstinent (64%); (2) 1st-step social experimenter (25%) (i.e., used alcohol, e-cigarettes, and/or marijuana); (3) 2nd-step social experimenter (6%) (i.e., used alcohol, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, marijuana, synthetic marijuana, and/or prescription pills); (4) pill experimenter (4%), (i.e., used prescription pills); (5) full experimenter (2%) (i.e., likely to use all assessed substances). Gender, race, grade, and depressive mood were strong predictors of membership in a particular substance use class. CONCLUSION: Adolescents presenting for care may possess symptoms associated with various substances beyond those being managed. Mental health nurses can leverage these results in reducing adolescent substance use through primary and secondary prevention. A longitudinal study of not only substance use patterns but also the progression to substance use disorders among adolescents is warranted.

Stress and Affect as Daily Risk Factors for Substance Use Patterns: an Application of Latent Class Analysis for Daily Diary Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley N. Linden-Carmichael ◽  
Natalia Van Doren ◽  
Bethany C. Bray ◽  
Kristina M. Jackson ◽  
Stephanie T. Lanza
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Diary Data ◽  
Daily Risk

Exploring Alcohol Use Motivations in Underage College Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 387-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany Rhoades Cooper ◽  
Elizabeth H. Weybright ◽  
Matthew F. Bumpus ◽  
Laura G. Hill ◽  
Jon Agley
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Underage Drinking ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Drinking Motivation

The goal of this article is to illustrate how a person-centered analytic approach can inform our understanding of alcohol use motivations in underage college students and to build off of a related analysis with legal-aged students. Data come from 2,346 students who were under 21 years old and reported using alcohol in the past year in the 2013 Indiana College Substance Use Survey. Latent class analysis identified four underage drinking motivation subgroups and examined associations between subgroup membership and alcohol-related behavior and consequences. The groups varied in their combination of alcohol motivations and their alcohol-related behaviors and consequences. Results for the present study confirm the variability in motivations for alcohol use and provide valuable information about the characteristics of those groups at highest risk, which can inform content and intensity of prevention efforts targeted at underage college students.

Substance Use Patterns Among Adolescents in Europe: A Latent Class Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1130-1138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Göbel ◽  
Herbert Scheithauer ◽  
Astrid-Britta Bräker ◽  
Harrie Jonkman ◽  
Renate Soellner
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Use Patterns
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