Intergenerational Continuity and Discontinuity in Substance Use: The Role of Concurrent Parental Marijuana Use.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study examines whether parental marijuana use that occurs during the life of a child impacts patterns of continuity and discontinuity in adolescent substance use among father-child dyads.

Methods

The study uses data from 263 father-child-mother triads involved in the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS) and the Rochester Intergenerational Study (RIGS). We use a dual trajectory model is used to examine the research questions.

Results

Results suggest that both paternal and maternal marijuana use during the child's life increase the probability that a child will follow a moderate or high substance use trajectory during adolescence, beyond the risk incurred from paternal adolescent history of substance use. Some nuances related to the timing of concurrent

SUBMITTER: Larroulet P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8415409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature