Citation

Shin SH, Edwards E, Heeren T, Amodeo M. Am. J. Addict. 2009; 18(3): 226-234.

Affiliation

Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. hshin@bu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1080/10550490902786959

PMID

19340641

Abstract

This study examined the effect of the co-occurrence of multiple categories of maltreatment on adolescent alcohol use. Data were from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health which used a nationally representative sample of adolescents (n = 14,078). Among those reporting any maltreatment, over one-third had experienced more than one type of maltreatment. Logistic regression models found that all types or combinations of types of maltreatment except physical-abuse-only were strongly associated with adolescent alcohol use, controlling for age, gender, race, and parental alcoholism. These results add to accumulating evidence that child maltreatment has a deleterious impact on adolescent alcohol use.

Language: en