Do traumatic events and substance use co-occur during adolescence? Testing three causal etiologic hypotheses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Why do potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and substance use (SU) so commonly co-occur during adolescence? Causal hypotheses developed from the study of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD) among adults have not yet been subject to rigorous theoretical analysis or empirical tests among adolescents with the precursors to these disorders: PTEs and SU. Establishing causality demands accounting for various factors (e.g. genetics, parent education, race/ethnicity) that distinguish youth endorsing PTEs and SU from those who do not, a step often overlooked in previous research.

Methods

We leveraged nationwide data from a sociodemographically diverse sample of youth (N = 11,468) in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study. PTEs

SUBMITTER: Patel H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11473706 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature