Adolescent exposure to violence and adult illicit drug use. (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Menard, Scott; Covey, Herbert C.; Franzese, Robert J.
• Is Part Of: Child abuse & neglect. Volume 42(2015)
• Page Start: 30
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Marijuana use -- Illicit drug use -- Adolescent exposure to violence -- Life course -- National Youth Survey Family Study -- Logistic regression; Child abuse -- Periodicals; 362.76
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.01.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0145-2134

Abstract

Abstract: Informed by a strain theory perspective, this study utilizes data on adolescent exposure to violence (AEV) from a prospective, longitudinal, national household probability sample that originally consisted of 1, 725 respondents, first interviewed as adolescents in 1977 and last interviewed in middle adulthood in 2003. Findings from bivariate correlations and logistic regression models indicate that AEV is associated with both adolescent and adult illicit drug use, but some of the association between AEV and adult illicit drug use becomes nonsignificant when controlling for adolescent illicit drug use. Specific types of AEV associated with adult illicit drug use differ by gender. Implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.