Change in distress about police brutality and substance use among young people, 2017-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unknown whether increasing attention to police brutality is a source of stress associated with substance use risk among young people.

Methods

A longitudinal racially/ethnically diverse cohort from Los Angeles, California (n = 1797) completed baseline (2017; mean age: 17.9) and follow-up (2020; mean age: 21.2) surveys assessing level of concern, worry, and stress about police brutality (range: 0 'not at all' - 4 'extremely') and past 30-day nicotine, cannabis, alcohol, other drug, and number of substances used (0-19). Regression models, adjusted for demographic characteristics and baseline substance use, evaluated whether changes in distress about police brutality from 2017 to 2020 were associated with substance use in 2020 overall and stratified by race/ethn

SUBMITTER: Mattingly DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994581 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature