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| Title |
Adolescent substance use and educational attainment: An integrative data analysis comparing cannabis and alcohol from three Australasian cohorts
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| Published in |
Drug & Alcohol Dependence, September 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.034 |
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| Authors |
Edmund Silins, David M. Fergusson, George C. Patton, L. John Horwood, Craig A. Olsson, Delyse M. Hutchinson, Louisa Degenhardt, Robert J. Tait, Rohan Borschmann, Carolyn Coffey, John W. Toumbourou, Jake M. Najman, Richard P. Mattick, Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium |
| Abstract |
The relative contributions of cannabis and alcohol use to educational outcomes are unclear. We examined the extent to which adolescent cannabis or alcohol use predicts educational attainment in emerging adulthood. Participant-level data were integrated from three longitudinal studies from Australia and New Zealand (Australian Temperament Project, Christchurch Health and Development Study, and Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study). The number of participants varied by analysis (N=2179-3678) and were assessed on multiple occasions between ages 13 and 25. We described the association between frequency of cannabis or alcohol use prior to age 17 and high school non-completion, university non-enrolment, and degree non-attainment by age 25. Two other measures of alcohol use in adolescence were also examined. After covariate adjustment using a propensity score approach, adolescent cannabis use (weekly+) was associated with 1½ to two-fold increases in the odds of high school non-completion (OR=1.60, 95% CI=1.09-2.35), university non-enrolment (OR=1.51, 95% CI=1.06-2.13), and degree non-attainment (OR=1.96, 95% CI=1.36-2.81). In contrast, adjusted associations for all measures of adolescent alcohol use were inconsistent and weaker. Attributable risk estimates indicated adolescent cannabis use accounted for a greater proportion of the overall rate of non-progression with formal education than adolescent alcohol use. Findings are important to the debate about the relative harms of cannabis and alcohol use. Adolescent cannabis use is a better marker of lower educational attainment than adolescent alcohol use and identifies an important target population for preventive intervention. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6 | 67% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 1 | 11% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 89% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 162 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 160 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 34 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 11% |
| Other | 14 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 8% |
| Other | 28 | 17% |
| Unknown | 36 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 34 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 12% |
| Unknown | 49 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 March 2020.
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#19
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