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Relationship between Multiple Forms of Maltreatment by a Parent or Guardian and Adolescent Alcohol Use
Author(s) -
Shin Sunny Hyucksun,
Edwards Erika,
Heeren Timothy,
Amodeo Maryann
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490902786959
Subject(s) - psychology , adolescent health , logistic regression , clinical psychology , poison control , alcohol abuse , longitudinal study , injury prevention , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , nursing , pathology
This study examined the effect of the co‐occurrence of multiple categories of maltreatment on adolescent alcohol use. Data were from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health which used a nationally representative sample of adolescents (n = 14,078). Among those reporting any maltreatment, over one‐third had experienced more than one type of maltreatment. Logistic regression models found that all types or combinations of types of maltreatment except physical‐abuse‐only were strongly associated with adolescent alcohol use, controlling for age, gender, race, and parental alcoholism. These results add to accumulating evidence that child maltreatment has a deleterious impact on adolescent alcohol use.