Patterns of Substance Use Across the First Year of College and Associated Risk Factors

Patterns of Substance Use Across the First Year of College and Associated Risk Factors

Starting college is a major life transition. This study aims to characterize patterns of substance use across a variety of substances across the first year of college and identify associated factors. We used data from the first cohort (N=2056, 1240 females) of the Spit for Science sample, a study of...

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Main Authors: Seung Bin eCho, Danielle C. Llaneza, Amy E. Adkins, Megan eCooke, Kenneth S. Kendler, Shaunna L. Clark, Danielle M. Dick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
substance use
college students
latent transition analysis
early adulthood
risk/protective factors
Spit for Science
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00152/full

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