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Title: Adolescent Alcohol Use Self-Report Stability: A Decade of Panel Study Data
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1. Shillington, Audrey M.
Clapp, John D.
Reed, Mark B.
Woodruff, Susan I.
Adolescent Alcohol Use Self-Report Stability: A Decade of Panel Study Data
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 20,1 (January 2011): 63-81.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1067828X.2011.534366
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Alcohol Use; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Gender Differences; Life Course; Racial Differences; Self-Reporting

This study analyzed six waves of panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). These analyses were conducted to test the stability of self-reported lifetime use and age of onset. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) indicated that the stability of age of onset reports decreased with longer time frames between follow-ups. The percentage of youths who had discrepancies in self-reported ever use of alcohol at two-year follow-up ranged from 15% to 35%. Higher discrepancy rates were found for males and younger respondents. Differences in report stability as a function of race/ethnicity were minimal. Questions related to lifetime use and age of onset have implications for the study of lifetime trajectories of use and the timing of prevention programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Shillington, Audrey M., John D. Clapp, Mark B. Reed and Susan I. Woodruff. "Adolescent Alcohol Use Self-Report Stability: A Decade of Panel Study Data." Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse 20,1 (January 2011): 63-81.