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Research Article 2025CC BYFree full text

Early life stress and pubertal predictors of subsequent substance use in a national diverse sample of adolescents: Sex and substance type matter.

Alexandra Donovan, Shervin Assari, Christine Grella, Magda Shaheen, Linda Richter, Theodore C. Friedman

Background Early life stress (ELS) increases the risk of substance use disorder (SUD) in adulthood. The pathway from ELS to SUD is hypothesized to be influenced by sex. We examine the impact of ELS on adolescent first substance use, a common precursor to adult SUDs, and test for sex differences in the relationship between ELS and risk of first use of alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana. Methods Individuals from the A…

Drug and alcohol dependence Europe PMC

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Research Article 2024CC BYFree full text

The separate and joint effects of recent interpersonal abuse and cannabis use on psychotic experiences: findings from students in higher education in the United States.

Hans Oh, Jinyu Du, Nicole R. Karcher, Els van der Ven, Jordan E. DeVylder, Lee Smith +1 more

Background Various forms of interpersonal abuse (e.g., physical, emotional, sexual) and cannabis use across the lifespan have both been known to increase odds of psychotic experiences; however, there have been few studies examining their separate and joint effects in the United States. Methods We analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study (2020-2021) and used multivariable logistic regression and interaction contr…

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Europe PMC