Longitudinal Examination of ENDS Use Among Young Adult College Students: Associations with Depressive Symptoms and Sensation Seeking

• Published in: Prevention science Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 1068 - 1077
• Main Authors: Loukas, Alexandra, Li, Xiaoyin, Wilkinson, Anna V., Marti, C. Nathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2023; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age differences; At Risk Persons; Change; Changes; Child and School Psychology; College Students; Depression (Psychology); Depression - epidemiology; Electronic cigarettes; Electronic Equipment; Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; Female; Health Psychology; Humans; Incidence; Individual Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental depression; Nicotine; Personality Traits; Public Health; Sensation; Sensation seeking; Sensory Experience; Smoking; Stimulation; Students; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Time Perspective; Women; Young Adult; Young Adults; Texas; E-cigarettes; Depressive symptoms; Longitudinal; Moderators; Sensation seeking

The present study examined (1) intraindividual changes in the frequency of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use across young adulthood, 18 to 30 years old, and (2) if depressive symptoms and sensation-seeking tendencies, independently and in interaction with one another, were associated w...