A Latent Class Analysis of Age at Substance Use Initiation in Young Adults and its Association with Mental Health.
This study aims to identify empirically-driven classes of age-of-onset across multiple substances (alcohol, tobacco, cannabis) and to characterize the different classes in relation to mental health and substance use severity. The sample comprised 1,051 young adults (aged 18–25; 61.9% women), recruit...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 2697 - 2715 |
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