Not all symptoms of alcohol dependence are developmentally equivalent: Implications for the false-positives problem.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Recent studies have examined the extent to which alcohol dependence (AD) criteria prospectively predict the course of AD. Critically, these studies have lacked a developmental perspective. However, the differential performance of criteria by age might indicate overendorsement in younger individuals. The current study examined AD criteria in terms of persistence and prediction of AD course and alcohol use by age in order to identify criteria that are likely to be overly endorsed by younger individuals.

Method

The current study used longitudinal data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions to depict age differences in rates of new onset, recurrence, and persistence for each AD criterion, thereby showing how these three factors contrib

SUBMITTER: Verges A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184633 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature