Intoxication and binge and high-intensity drinking among US young adults in their mid-20s.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use is a key risk factor for young adult mortality and disease, but limited research has focused on high-risk alcohol use among individuals moving from early young adulthood into building and maintaining an initial structure of adult life. This study estimated the prevalence of a range of alcohol use behaviors among US young adults aged 25/26, examined evidence for historical change in prevalence rates, and estimated associations between alcohol use and key demographic, substance use, and adult social role characteristics.

Methods

Data were obtained from 3542 individuals selected for follow-up from the nationally representative 12th-grade student Monitoring the Future study. Respondents self-reported alcohol use behaviors at age 25/26 during calendar years

SUBMITTER: Terry-McElrath YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5308065 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature