The premise that inadequate sleep can cause problems with cognition, behavior, or other
aspects of daytime functioning has been long discussed in Western culture. Relevant …

Developmental pathways to underage drinking emerge before the second decade of life.
Many scientists, however, as well as the general public, continue to focus on proximal …

Matching methods such as nearest neighbor propensity score matching are increasingly
popular techniques for controlling confounding in nonexperimental studies. However, simple …

Context Psychiatric disorders are prevalent among incarcerated juveniles. Most juveniles
eventually return to their communities, where they become the responsibility of the …

Aims To identify childhood and adolescent predictors of alcohol use and harmful drinking in
adolescence and adulthood. Design Longitudinal data from childhood to mid‐life from the …

Objective: This study provides guidance on how propensity score methods can be combined
with moderation analyses (ie, effect modification) to examine subgroup differences in …

Background The misuse of legal and illegal substances has led to an increase in substance
use disorder (SUD) in the United States. Although primary prevention strategies have been …

While marijuana use is common during adolescence, it can have adverse long-term
consequences, with serious criminal involvement being one of them. In this study, we utilize …

Few longitudinal studies have examined the effects of education on drug use disorders
among community populations of African Americans. This study explores the impact of …

Background: Research has shown that adolescents who begin drinking at an early stage in
life are at greater risk of developing alcohol dependency, as well as a variety of negative …