Age of onset of drinking and the use of alcohol in adulthood: a follow-up study from age 8–42 for females and males

2005

Aim To investigate longitudinally for both genders the relation between the age of onset of drinking and several indicators of alcohol use. Design and setting In the Finnish Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, data have been collected by interviews, inventories, and questionnaires. Data on alcohol consumption was gathered at ages 14, 20, 27, 36 and 42 years; behavioural data at age 8. Participants A total of 155 women and 176 men; 90.4% of the original sample consisting of 12 complete school classes in 1968. Measurements The age of onset of drinking was determined based on participants’ responses that were closest to the actual age of onset of drinking. Four …

Continuities in aggressive behavior from childhood to adulthood

1993

The study was part of the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study on Social Development. The subjects (originally 173 females, 196 males) were studied at age 8, 14, 20, and 26. Stability of aggression from the age of 8 to 14 was as high for girls as for boys when peer nomination was employed, but lower for girls in teacher rating. For males, both peer nominations and teacher ratings on aggression at age 8 and 14 predicted criminality, arrests for alcohol abuse, and problem drinking as well as self-reports on aggression at age 26. The outcomes were most negative if aggression was patterned with other adjustment problems. For females, teacher ratings on aggression were biased by school adjustment, and t…

A prospective study of the precursors to problem drinking in young adulthood.

1994

This study was part of the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study on Social Development. The subjects (196 males, 173 females) were studied at age 8, 14 and 26. Three components in drinking habits were obtained at age 26: social, problem and controlled drinking. Moderate to severe problem drinking was obtained for 26% of the men and 1% of the women, and mild problem drinking for 23% of the men and 15% of the women. Problem drinking (defined by the CAGE Questionnaire, arrest for alcohol abuse and other indicators of heavy drinking) was directly accounted for by poor school success at age 14 and, for men, by conduct problems and low anxiety. Variables at age 8 that contributed indirectly to adult probl…

Persistent offenders and adolescence-limited offenders: Differences in life-courses.

2020

Background and Aims As our previous study indicated, almost half of juvenile delinquents continued offending in adulthood, while the rest ceased to do so. We compared these groups with each other and with non‐offenders in the life‐course use of alcohol, identity development and life situation. Methods Based on the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, four groups were formed at age 42 for men and women: persistent, adolescence‐limited and adult‐onset offenders and non‐offenders. Longitudinal data (N = 369; 53% males) have been collected at ages 8, 14, 20, 27, 36, 42 and 50. Results Persistent offending, but not adolescence‐limited offending, was associated with…

A developmental approach to alcohol drinking behaviour in adulthood: a follow-up study from age 8 to age 42

2008

AIMS: To study the links of family background, child and adolescent social behaviour, and (mal)adaptation with heavy drinking by age 20 and with the frequency of drinking, binge drinking, Cut-down, Annoyed, Guilt, Eye-opener (CAGE) questionnaire scores and problems due to drinking at ages 27 and 42 years. DESIGN: In the Finnish Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, data have been collected by interviews, inventories and questionnaires. Behavioural data were gathered at ages 8 and 14; data on alcohol consumption were gathered at ages 14, 20, 27, 36 and 42. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 184 males and 163 females; 94% of the original sample of the 8-year-olds. FINDINGS…

Alcohol drinking behavior and its developmental antecedents

2006

Juomiskäyttäytymisen pitkän aikavälin muotoutumisesta tiedetään varsin vähän, sillä tutkimuksia samojen ihmisten käyttäytymisestä lapsuudesta aikuisuuteen on maailmassa vain muutama. Pitkänen osoitti tutkimuksessaan, että varhainen päihteiden käyttö, heikko itsehallinta ja kouluiän ongelmat ennakoivat alkoholin ongelmakäyttöä.Perhetaustaan liittyvät ongelmat, erityisesti vaikeudet vanhemmuudessa sekä vanhempien alkoholinkäyttö ja äidin tupakoiminen lisäsivät riskiä sekä varhaiseen alkoholinkäytön aloittamiseen että aikuisiän ongelmajuomiseen. Heikko itsehallinta ja koulusopeutumattomuus 14-vuotiaana sekä pojilla heikko itsehallinta jo lapsuudessa olivat myös keskeisiä aikuisiän alkoholin on…

Neljäkymmentä plus : erään ikäluokan selviytymistarina

2003