Short-term changes in social role statuses across young adulthood and their relation to heavy drinking in a given month.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9109126 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7795 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10508392 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Res Adolesc Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell
Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1991-

Alcohol Drinking*/psychology ; Alcohol Drinking*/epidemiology; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Young Adult ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Binge Drinking/psychology ; Binge Drinking/epidemiology ; Longitudinal Studies

Young adulthood is a developmental period during which individuals experience shifts in their social roles in various domains, which coincides with a period of time that is also high risk for lifetime peaks in alcohol use. The current study examined age-related changes in heavy episodic drinking (HED) and high-intensity drinking (HID) and associations with short-term (i.e., monthly) variation in young adults' social roles over a 2.5-year period in a community sample of young adults who reported past-year alcohol use (N = 778, baseline age range 18-23). Results showed probabilities of past-month HED and HID changed in a nonlinear fashion across ages 18-26 with greater probabilities of use at younger ages. Most participants did not report being in the same social role status every sampled month, underscoring the presence of short-term role variation. Living with parents and being in a serious romantic relationship in a given month were negatively associated with past-month HED. Living with parents in a given month was also negatively associated with past-month HID. Being a 4-year college student and being employed full-time in a given month were not significantly related to either outcome. Findings provided partial evidence that monthly statuses were associated with heavy drinking. Several avenues for future research are described in light of the findings.
(© 2024 Society for Research on Adolescence.)

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Keywords: heavy drinking; social roles; young adults

Date Created: 20240321 Date Completed: 20241129 Latest Revision: 20241201

20241202

PMC11415536

10.1111/jora.12936

38511410