High-Intensity Drinking Among Young Adults in the United States: Prevalence, Frequency, and Developmental Change.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study is the first to examine the developmental course of high-intensity drinking (i.e., consuming 10+ drinks in a row) across late adolescence and the transition to adulthood.

Methods

National longitudinal data (N = 3,718) from Monitoring the Future were used to examine trajectories of 10+ high-intensity drinking from age 18 through 25/26 overall and across sociodemographic subgroups; results were compared with similar analysis of 5+ binge drinking trajectories.

Results

Results document that 10+ drinkers consume not just a greater quantity of alcohol on a given drinking occasion, but also engage in 5+ drinking more frequently than drinkers who do not report having 10 or more drinks. Developmental patterns for 10+ and 5+ drinking were similar, with pea

SUBMITTER: Patrick ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5008981 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature