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More anxiety symptoms were associated with greater frequency of poly-substance use over time in adolescents and young adults at high risk for smoking escalation, with effects moderated by gender (significant for males only) and developmental stage (anxiety associated with marijuana use in both adolescence and young adulthood, but with alcohol use only in adolescence).
| Effect size | beta = .04, t(7726) = 3.57 |
| Comparator | Lower anxiety symptoms within cohort (continuous predictor in multi-level model) |
| Effect summary | decline; beta = .04, t(7726) = 3.57 |
| Effect modifiers | [{"modifier": "Gender (male vs female)", "interaction_p": "p < .001 for poly-substance use; p < .001 for marijuana use", "direction": "attenuates", "stratum_details": "Poly-substance: males beta=.08, t(3196)=4.36, p<.001; females beta=-.02, t(4461)=-0.13, p=.90. Marijuana: males beta=.09, t(3218)=5.08, p<.001; females beta=.02, t(4467)=1.35, p=.18.", "plain_language": "Anxiety predicted increased poly-substance and marijuana use for males but not for females", "annotation_notes": "Gender interaction significant for poly-substance and marijuana, but not cigarette or alcohol use."}, {"modifier": "Developmental stage (adolescence vs young adulthood)", "interaction_p": "p < .001 for marijuana use; p < .001 for alcohol use", "direction": "attenuates", "stratum_details": "Marijuana: adolescence beta=.05, t(4579)=3.31, p=.001; young adulthood beta=.07, t(3106)=4.01, p<.001 (slightly larger effect). Alcohol: adolescence beta=.07, t(4586)=4.77, p<.001; young adulthood beta=-.01, t(3106)=-0.31, p=.76 (effect disappears).", "plain_language": "Anxiety drove marijuana use at all ages but only drove alcohol use during teen years \u2014 by young adulthood, anxiety no longer predicted alcohol use", "annotation_notes": "Different developmental trajectories for different substances. Anxiety-alcohol link disappears in young adulthood when alcohol use becomes legal and normative."}] |
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PMC8120743
Risk Factors for Alcohol, Marijuana, and Cigarette Polysubstance Use During Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study of Youth at High Risk for Smoking Escalation