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Onset of substance use: Deviant peer, sex, and sympathetic nervous system predictors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2021

J. Benjamin Hinnant Open the ORCID record for J. Benjamin Hinnant [Opens in a new window] ,
Brian T. Gillis ,
Stephen A. Erath  and
Mona El-Sheikh
J. Benjamin Hinnant*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University,Auburn,USA
Brian T. Gillis
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University,Auburn,USA
Stephen A. Erath
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University,Auburn,USA
Mona El-Sheikh
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University,Auburn,USA
*
Author for Correspondence: Ben Hinnant, PhD, Human Development and Family Studies; 203 Spidle Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849; Email: jbhinnant@auburn.edu.
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Abstract

We evaluated whether the association between deviant peer affiliation and onset of substance use is conditional upon sex and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) reactivity as measured by pre-ejection period (PEP). Community-sampled adolescents (N = 251; M = 15.78 years; 53% female; 66% White, 34% Black) participated in three waves. PEP reactivity was collected during a mirror star-tracer stress task. Alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, or any substance use, as well as binge drinking and sexual activity involving substance use were outcomes predicted by affiliation with deviant peers and two- and three-way interactions with sex and PEP reactivity. Probability of substance use increased over time, but this was amplified for adolescents with greater deviant peer affiliation in conjunction with blunted PEP reactivity. The same pattern of results was also found for prediction of binge drinking and sexual activity involving substance use. Findings are discussed in the context of biosocial models of adolescent substance use and health risk behaviors.

Keywords

adolescencedeviant peer affiliationrepeated measuressubstance usesympathetic nervous system
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Development and Psychopathology , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , October 2022 , pp. 1506 - 1515
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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