Cardiff University | Prifysgol Caerdydd ORCA
Online Research @ Cardiff 
WelshClear Cookie - decide language by browser settings

Change in the relationship between drinking alcohol and risk of violence among adolescents and young adults: a nationally representative longitudinal study

Jones, Roland, Van Den Bree, Marianne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4426-3254, Zammit, Stanley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-9211 and Taylor, Pamela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3998-6095 2020. Change in the relationship between drinking alcohol and risk of violence among adolescents and young adults: a nationally representative longitudinal study. Alcohol and Alcoholism 55 (4) , pp. 439-447. 10.1093/alcalc/agaa020

[thumbnail of Binder2.pdf] PDF - Accepted Post-Print Version
Download (487kB)

Abstract

ims To quantify the relationship between alcohol and violence with increasing age. Methods Data were from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (ADD Health) of 20,386 people representative of the US population. Mean age at the first wave of interviews was 16.2 years, with subsequent interviews mean of 1, 6.3 and 12.9 years later. We used random-effects models and predictive marginal effects of the association between varying quantities of alcohol consumption and violence while controlling for possible confounders. Results Violence was reported by 19.1% of participants at wave I but just 2.1% at wave IV. The random-effects model showed that consuming 1–4 drinks on each occasion was associated with a modest increase in risk of violence in both males (odds ratio (OR) 1.36, 95% CI 1.13–1.63) and females (OR 1.33, 95% CI 1.03–1.72). For consumption of five or more drinks on each occasion, the risk remained similar for females (OR 1.40 (0.99–1.97)) but increased considerably for males (OR 2.41 (1.96–2.95)). Predictive marginal effects models confirmed that violence rates decreased with age. Conclusions Alcohol is most strongly linked to violence among adolescents, so programmes for primary prevention of alcohol-related violence are best targeted towards this age group, particularly males who engage in heavy episodic drinking.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 0735-0414
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 12 March 2020
Date of Acceptance: 2 March 2020
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2023 05:02
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/130350

Citation Data

Cited 4 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item Edit Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics