Adverse childhood experiences and adolescent drug use in the UK: The moderating role of socioeconomic position and ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

There is a paucity of prospective UK studies exploring the role of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on adolescent teenage drug use and even less is known about the complex interplay between ACEs and adolescent social, demographic, and economic characteristics. To address these gaps, we use rich longitudinal data from the nationally representative Millennium Cohort Study.

Methods

Sex-stratified survey logistic regression modelling was applied using data from 9,476 adolescents and their parents to examine associations between ACEs between ages 3 and 14 years and drug use at ages 14 and 17 years. We a) explore the extent to which associations are robust to adjustment for ethnicity, family income, parental social class, and parental education, b) examine whether as

SUBMITTER: Karamanos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207135 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature