Racial and Gender Differences in Developmental Trajectories of Substance Use from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Su ◽  
A. Supple
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Sex differences and developmental stability in genetic and environmental influences on psychoactive substance consumption from early adolescence to young adulthood

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1907-1916 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Baker ◽  
H. H. Maes ◽  
H. Larsson ◽  
P. Lichtenstein ◽  
K. S. Kendler
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Environmental Influences ◽  
Genetic Effects ◽  
Shared Environment ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Substance Consumption

BackgroundGenetic and environmental factors are important in the etiology of substance use. However, little is known about the stability of these factors across development. We aimed to answer three crucial questions about this etiology that have never been addressed in a single study: (1) Is there a general vulnerability to substance consumption from early adolescence to young adulthood? (2) If so, do the genetic and environmental influences on this vulnerability change across development? (3) Do these developmental processes differ in males and females?MethodSubjects included 1480 twin pairs from the Swedish Twin Study of Child and Adolescent Development who have been followed since 1994. Prospective, self-reported regular smoking, alcohol intoxication and illicit drug use were assessed at ages 13–14, 16–17 and 19–20 years. Structural modeling was performed with the program Mx.ResultsAn underlying common factor accounted for the association between smoking, alcohol and illicit drug consumption for the three age groups. Common genetic and shared environmental effects showed substantial continuity. In general, as participants aged, the influence of the shared environment decreased, and genetic effects became more substance specific in their effect.ConclusionsThe current report answers three important questions in the etiology of substance use. The genetic and environmental risk for substance consumption is partly mediated through a common factor and is partly substance specific. Developmentally, evidence was strongest for stability of common genetic effects, with less evidence for genetic innovation. These processes seem to be the same in males and females.

ASD, SUD and gender

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s882-s883
Author(s):  
P.J.M. Van Wijngaarden-Cremers
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Substance Abuse Disorder ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Very High

IntroductionAutism and substance use disorder (SUD) is not the co-morbidity that is commonly considered. Yet these conditions have more commonalities than one would suspect.ObjectiveWe will consider the evidence for co-morbidity between ASD and Addiction (Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and explore the influence of gender.MethodA pilot study of 80 admissions to an adult ASD unit will be presented.ResultsThe co-morbidity ASD and SUD in this study was very high (65% of the inpatients). There were no gender differences in prevalence in total but addiction to medication (32% in woman vs. none in man) and eating disorders (24% in women vs. 9% in man) was far more common in women whereas addiction to drugs (13% in man vs. none in women) was far more common in man.ConclusionsThere are clear indications that a possible co-morbidity of substance abuse disorder should be considered in cases of individuals with autism spectrum disorders. There are no gender differences in prevalence of co-morbidity ASD and SUD in total but addiction to medication and eating disorders seems to be much more common in women whereas addiction to drugs probably more common in man.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

Sexual Identity and Gender Differences in Substance Use and Violence: An Exploratory Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Hequembourg ◽  
Kathleen A. Parks ◽  
Charlene Vetter
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
And Gender

Latent trajectories of alcohol use from early adolescence to young adulthood: Interaction effects between 5-HTTLPR and parenting quality and gender differences

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (02) ◽  
pp. 457-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinni Su ◽  
Andrew J. Supple ◽  
Esther M. Leerkes ◽  
Sally I-Chun Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Growth Mixture Modeling ◽  
Heavy Alcohol ◽  
Parenting Quality ◽  
Heavy Alcohol Use ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Alcohol Use Trajectories

AbstractUsing a large and nationally representative sample, we examined how adolescents’ 5-HTTLPR genotype and perceived parenting quality independently and interactively associated with trajectories of alcohol use from early adolescence to young adulthood and whether/how gender may moderate these associations. The sample for this study included 13,749 adolescents (53.3% female; 56.3% non-Hispanic White, 21.5% Black, 16.0% Hispanic, and 6.1% Asian) followed prospectively from adolescence to young adulthood. Using growth mixture modeling, we identified four distinct trajectories of alcohol use (i.e., persistent heavy alcohol use, developmentally limited alcohol use, late-onset heavy alcohol use, and non/light alcohol use). Results indicated that the short allele of 5-HTTLPR was associated with higher risk of membership in the persistent and the late-onset heavy alcohol use trajectories. Parenting quality was associated with lower likelihoods of following the persistent heavy and the developmentally limited alcohol use trajectories but was not associated with risk of membership for the late-onset heavy drinking trajectory. 5-HTTLPR interacted with parenting quality to predict membership in the persistent heavy alcohol use trajectory for males but not for females. Findings highlighted the importance of considering the heterogeneity in trajectories of alcohol use across development and gender in the study of Gene Environment interactions in alcohol use.

scholarly journals Erratum to: Degree of urbanization and gender differences in substance use among Slovak adolescents

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 669-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Pitel ◽  
Andrea Madarasova Geckova ◽  
Jitse P. van Dijk ◽  
Sijmen A. Reijneveld
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
And Gender
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