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Does prenatal cocaine exposure predict adolescent substance use?
Neurotoxicology and teratology, v 81, 106906
Sep 2020
PMID: 32535083
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Abstract
Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) has rarely been examined as a predictor of substance use during late adolescence, and few studies have examined both the initiation of substance use and current substance use as outcomes. The present longitudinal study examined PCE, other prenatal exposures, and psychosocial risk factors for their association with substance use in mid to late adolescence. Adolescents (n = 150) followed since birth reported on their use of alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis every 6 months from age 15.0 to 17.5 using a computer-assisted self-administration version of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. PCE did not predict substance use in a series of growth curve analyses. Several psychosocial risk factors were associated with adolescents' substance use. Having friends who use substances predicted past month cigarette and cannabis use as well as initiation of alcohol and cannabis use, while depressive symptoms predicted initiation of alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis use. The current findings suggest that more proximal psychosocial factors may play a greater role in adolescent substance use than prenatal substance exposure.
•Prenatal cocaine exposure did not predict adolescents' substance use.•Friends' substance use was associated with adolescents' own use.•Depressive symptoms were associated with initiation of substance use.
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- Title
- Does prenatal cocaine exposure predict adolescent substance use?
- Creators
- David S. Bennett - Drexel UniversityMichael Lewis - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Pediatrics, Institute for the Study of Child Development
- Publication Details
- Neurotoxicology and teratology, v 81, 106906
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000572357800003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85086465122
- Other Identifier
- 991019168662604721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Neurosciences
- Toxicology