Using public-use data from
the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 3,733) and the
life-span developmental perspective, the current study sought to determine
whether global reports of alcohol use, binge drinking, and drunkenness are best
represented as indicators of a latent alcohol consumption construct during
adolescence, the transition to adulthood, and young adulthood.
We also examined
the predictive power of alcohol consumption during each developmental period on
the total number of one-time sexual hookups reported in young adulthood. A
confirmatory factor analysis revealed alcohol use, binge drinking, and
drunkenness are consistent indicators of a latent alcohol consumption variable
over time, although the mean levels of the indicators were significantly lower
during adolescence.
Structural equation modeling analyses found alcohol
consumption during the transition to adulthood and young adulthood predicted
one-time sexual hookups in young adulthood, but alcohol consumption during the
transition to adulthood exhibited the strongest association with hooking up.
Implications for research, theory, and practice are discussed.
Purchase full article at: http://goo.gl/HkXy37
By: Johnson MD1, Chen J.
- 1Department of Human Ecology , University of Alberta (http://www.hecol.ualberta.ca/)
- J Sex Res. 2015;52(5):570-9. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2014.913281. Epub 2014 Jul 29.
More at: https://twitter.com/hiv
insight
No comments:
Post a Comment