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. 2011;40(1):136-43.
doi: 10.1080/15374416.2011.533411.

Interpersonal victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder, and change in adolescent substance use prevalence over a ten-year period

Michael R McCart  1 , Kristyn Zajac, Carla Kmett Danielson, Martha Strachan, Kenneth J Ruggiero, Daniel W Smith, Benjamin E Saunders, Dean G Kilpatrick
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Interpersonal victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder, and change in adolescent substance use prevalence over a ten-year period

Michael R McCart et al. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2011.

Abstract

Epidemiological studies have identified recent declines in specific types of adolescent substance use. The current study examined whether these declines varied among youth with and without a history of interpersonal victimization or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Data for this study come from two distinct samples of youth (12-17 years of age) participating in the 1995 National Survey of Adolescents (N = 3,906) and the 2005 National Survey of Adolescents-Replication (N = 3,423). Results revealed significant declines in adolescents' use of cigarettes and alcohol between 1995 and 2005; use of marijuana and hard drugs remained stable. Of importance, declines in nonexperimental cigarette use were significantly greater among youth without versus with a history of victimization and declines in alcohol use were significantly greater among youth without versus with a history of PTSD.

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