Identifying adolescent protective factors that disrupt the intergenerational transmission of cannabis use and disorder.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent cannabis use is common, has been associated with several deleterious outcomes, and is often associated with previous parent cannabis use. Therefore, identifying protective factors that prevent this intergenerational transmission of cannabis use is increasingly important given shifting contemporary policies around cannabis use. The present study examines 3 protective factors in adolescence (active coping, positive activity involvement, and school grades) that may disrupt patterns of intergenerational cannabis use. The present study uses data from a high-risk longitudinal sample followed for over 30 years that includes Generation 1 (G1) parents (54.19% with lifetime alcohol use disorder, 8.15% with lifetime cannabis use disorder), their Generation 2 (G2) children, and their Genera

SUBMITTER: Rothenberg WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7073285 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature