Associations of adolescent cannabis use with academic performance and mental health: A longitudinal study of upper middle class youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a hypothesis that low socioeconomic status (SES) may explain the link between cannabis use and poorer academic performance and mental health. A key question, therefore, is whether adolescent cannabis use is associated with poorer academic performance and mental health in high SES communities where there is reduced potential for confounding.

Methods

Youth (n=254) from an upper middle class community were followed prospectively through the four years of high school (from age 14/15 to age 17/18). Past-year frequency of cannabis use was assessed annually. Official school records of academic performance and self-reported mental health symptoms (externalizing and internalizing symptoms) were assessed in grades 9 and 12.

Results

Persistent cannabis use ac

SUBMITTER: Meier MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4633365 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature