Risk taking, sensation seeking and personality as related to changes in substance use from adolescence to young adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examined changes in substance use from adolescence to young adulthood as related to adolescents' risk taking, sensation seeking, antisocial activities, and personality traits.

Methods

Chilean youth (N = 890, 52% female) were studied in adolescence (14.5 and 16.2 years) and young adulthood (M age 21.3 years). Risk taking was assessed via a laboratory-based performance task (Balloon Analogue Risk Task), and self-administered questionnaires assessed sensation seeking, antisocial behaviors, personality and substance use.

Results

Frequent involvement in sensation seeking and antisocial activities were associated with increased odds of continued marijuana use from adolescence to young adulthood and of illicit substance use at young adulthood. High ri

SUBMITTER: LaSpada N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7368834 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature