Young adult longitudinal patterns of marijuana use among US National samples of 12th grade frequent marijuana users: a repeated‐measures latent class analysis

• Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) Vol. 114; no. 6; pp. 1035 - 1048
• Main Authors: Terry‐McElrath, Yvonne M., O'Malley, Patrick M., Johnston, Lloyd D., Schulenberg, John E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Adolescents; Age; Cannabis; Child & adolescent psychiatry; Demography; Drug addiction; Drug use; Frequent use; Latent class analysis; longitudinal analysis; Males; Marijuana; Marriage; Membership; Men; Panel data; Parents & parenting; repeated-measures latent class analysis; social roles; Teenagers; Within-subjects design; young adult; Young adults; United States > US; longitudinal analysis; young adult; marijuana; Frequent use; social roles; repeated-measures latent class analysis

Background and Aims Long‐term frequent marijuana use is associated with significant negative outcomes, yet little is known about the longitudinal course of marijuana use among those who start frequent use during adolescence. Objectives are (a) to identify latent patterns of within‐person marijuana u...