Adolescent recanting of alcohol use : A longitudinal investigation of time-varying intra-individual predictors

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BACKGROUND: Recanting - denying previous reports of lifetime substance use - occurs frequently in longitudinal investigations of adolescent substance use. While research has focused on how individual differences contribute to recanting, intra-individual factors associated with recanting over time remain understudied.

METHODS: Adolescents (n = 1023) were assessed six times between 2009 - 2015. The sample included participants who reported ever-sipping alcohol in at least one assessment who maintained or recanted ever-sipping at the subsequent assessment (n = 543, 53.1% of full sample; 54.5% female; 84.9% white; 89.5% non-Hispanic). The majority (58.6%) of the sample recanted ever-sipping. We fit linear mixed models to investigate whether prospective changes in perceived peer drinking, peer approval, alcohol expectancies, and fear of reprisal predicted recanting. To explore whether mechanisms of recanting differed for delayed (i.e., two assessments or later) recanting, we refit the models in a subset of data excluding immediate (i.e., subsequent assessment) recanters.

RESULTS: Prospective increases in perceived peer drinking (OR = 0.65), peer approval of drinking (OR = 0.82), and positive and negative alcohol expectancies (OR = 0.96; 0.98, respectively) predicted lower odds of recanting. Similar effects were observed among only delayed recanters.

CONCLUSION: Time-varying, intra-individual factors uniquely predicted recanting over time. Although most recanting occurs immediately following the initial report of ever-sipping, the observed effects were consistent between delayed recanters and the sample as a whole. Considering the systematic patterns evident in recanting, researchers should consider using computer-assisted or other research methods that minimize or verify recanting when it occurs while also informing missing data models.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:193

Enthalten in:

Drug and alcohol dependence - 193(2018) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 83-90

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sokolovsky, Alexander W [VerfasserIn]
Janssen, Tim [VerfasserIn]
Barnett, Nancy P [VerfasserIn]
Colby, Suzanne M [VerfasserIn]
Bernstein, Michael H [VerfasserIn]
Hayes, Kerri L [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Kristina M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alcohol
Journal Article
Longitudinal
Recanting
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Sipping

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Date Completed 15.03.2019

Date Revised 25.02.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.08.035

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NLM28981703X