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Impact of Hurricane Rita on adolescent substance use
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Abstract Little systematic research attention has been devoted to the impact of natural disasters on adolescent substance use. The present study examined relationships among exposure to Hurricane Rita, post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms, and changes in adolescent substance use from 13 months pre-disaster to seven and 19 months post-disaster. Subjects were 280 high school students in southwestern Louisiana who participated in a drug abuse prevention intervention trial prior to the hurricane. Two-thirds of participants were female and 68% were white. Students completed surveys at baseline (13 months pre-hurricane) and two follow-ups (seven and 19 months post-hurricane). Results indicated a positive bivariate relationship between PTS symptoms, assessed at 7 months post-hurricane, and increases in alcohol (p < .05) and marijuana use (p < .10) from baseline to the 7 months post-hurricane follow-up. When these associations were examined collectively with other hurricane-related predictors in multivariate regression models, PTS symptoms did not predict increases in substance use. However, objective exposure to the hurricane predicted increases in marijuana use, and post-hurricane negative life events predicted increases in all three types of substance use (ps < .10). These findings suggest that increased substance use may be one of the behaviors that adolescents exhibit in reaction to exposure to hurricanes.
Author Rohrbach, L. A.; Grana, R.; Vernberg, E.; Sussman, S.; Sun, P.
DOI 10.1521/psyc.2009.72.3.222
Date Fall
ISSN 0033-2747
Issue 3
Journal Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes
Keywords Adolescent; *Adolescent Behavior; *Cyclonic Storms; Disasters; Female; Humans; Life Change Events; Longitudinal Studies; Louisiana; Male; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis/*epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders/diagnosis/*epidemiology
Language eng
Notes Rohrbach, Louise A Grana, Rachel Vernberg, Eric Sussman, Steve Sun, Ping DA016090/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States DA021982/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States R01 DA016090-02/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States R01 DA016090-03/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States R01 DA016090-04/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States R01 DA016090-05/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States R03 DA021982-01/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States R03 DA021982-02/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural United States Psychiatry. 2009 Fall;72(3):222-37. doi: 10.1521/psyc.2009.72.3.222.
Pages 222-237
Title Impact of Hurricane Rita on adolescent substance use
Volume 72
Year 2009
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