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  AddictionVolume 102 Issue 5, Pages 786 - 794 Published Online: 17 Apr 2007 Journal compilation © 2010 Society for the Study of Addiction Published on behalf of the Society for the Study of Addiction
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 100K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  RESEARCH REPORT The role of substance use in young adult divorce Copyright © 2007 RAND corporation KEYWORDS Alcohol • divorce • drug use • marriage • young adults ABSTRACTAim To test the relationships between various forms of substance use during marriage and subsequent divorce among US young adults. Design Three waves of survey data collected at approximately ages 18, 23 and 29 years were used. Using multivariate logistic regression and controlling for factors present at the two early waves, we tested for prospective relationships between substance use at the second assessment and divorce by the third. Participants A longitudinal panel following adolescents on the west coast of the United States into young adulthood. The analytic subsample consisted of the 454 individuals currently married at the age 23 survey. Measurements Predictors were past-year frequency of alcohol intoxication, marijuana use and cigarette use, as well as any hard drug use in the past year. Covariates included substance use prior to marriage, demographic and socio-economic factors, marital discord and religiosity. Findings Controlling for other factors, more frequent alcohol intoxication during marriage was an independent predictor of later divorce. Frequency of marijuana use had a significant bivariate relationship with divorce that was not significant in the multivariate model. Conclusion These data are consistent with the notion that alcohol intoxication is related causally to divorce among young adults. Submitted 18 July 2006; initial review completed 22 September 2006; final version accepted 7 December 2006 | 
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