Multiple trajectories of alcohol use and the development of alcohol use disorder: Do Swiss men mature-out of problematic alcohol use during emerging adulthood?

ABSTRACT:

(a) objective

This study aimed to identify trajectories of alcohol use (AU) and their associations with the development of alcohol use disorder (AUD) among young men with different weekly drinking patterns.

(b) method

A longitudinal latent class analysis integrating several aspects of AU, such as drinking quantity and frequency on weekends vs workweek days, involving 4719 young Swiss men at ages 20, 21, and 25, and collected by the Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors, was used to identify different AU trajectories over time. The development of AUD scores in these trajectories was investigated using generalized linear mixed models.

(c) results

Six AU trajectory classes, similar to those described in the literature, were identified: 'abstainers-light drinkers', '

SUBMITTER: Lemoine M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6984690 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature