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Personality And Learning Predictors Of Adolescent Alcohol Consumption Trajectories, Sarah J. Peterson
Personality And Learning Predictors Of Adolescent Alcohol Consumption Trajectories, Sarah J. Peterson
Theses and Dissertations--Psychology
In a sample of 1897 youth studied across the last year of elementary school to the second year of high school, we (a) characterized different developmental trajectories of drinking frequency and drinking-related problems and (b) tested an a priori risk model that predicted variation in trajectory group membership. Analyses revealed five separate trajectories for both drinking frequency and drinking problems. Wave 1 scores on impulsigenic traits, expectancies for the reinforcing and stimulating effects of alcohol, and early pubertal onset differentiated among the trajectory groups, in some cases before the groups differed in drinking behavior. We also found substantial covariation between …