TY - JOUR
T1 - Age of Drinking Initiation as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Sensation Seeking and Heavy Drinking Among High School Seniors
AU - Doumas, Diana M.
AU - Turrisi, Rob
AU - Miller, Raissa
AU - Esp, Susan
AU - Flay, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Sensation seeking has been identified as a significant risk factor for adolescent alcohol use. Little is known, however, about the process by which sensation seeking impacts heavy alcohol use. The current study used structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships among sensation seeking, age of drinking initiation, and heavy alcohol use in a sample of high school seniors (N = 221). Results support age of drinking initiation as a mediator of the relationship between sensation seeking and heavy alcohol use. Implications include providing personality-targeted prevention to adolescents who display sensation-seeking traits to delay drinking initiation among these students.
AB - Sensation seeking has been identified as a significant risk factor for adolescent alcohol use. Little is known, however, about the process by which sensation seeking impacts heavy alcohol use. The current study used structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships among sensation seeking, age of drinking initiation, and heavy alcohol use in a sample of high school seniors (N = 221). Results support age of drinking initiation as a mediator of the relationship between sensation seeking and heavy alcohol use. Implications include providing personality-targeted prevention to adolescents who display sensation-seeking traits to delay drinking initiation among these students.
KW - adolescent drinking
KW - sensation seeking
KW - age of drinking initiation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066138695&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/counsel_facpubs/117
U2 - 10.1080/1067828X.2018.1561579
DO - 10.1080/1067828X.2018.1561579
M3 - Article
SN - 1067-828X
VL - 28
SP - 32
EP - 38
JO - Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
JF - Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
IS - 1
ER -