Family history, alcohol use and dependence symptoms among young adults in the United States.
Drawing upon data from the National Longitudinal Survey of young adults, this paper examines the effects of family history of alcoholism and current alcohol use by the young adults. A multivariate analysis of the data from the study indicates that there are both main and interaction effects of family history and current alcohol use on dependence symptoms among the young adults.
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Division of Biometry and Epidemiology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology; D015982:Bias; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology