Leech Tamara Gj, Jacobs Sarah, Watson Denis
Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA.
Chestnut Health Services, Lighthouse Institute, Chicago, IL, USA.
Subst Abuse. 2020 Aug 27;14:1178221820951781. doi: 10.1177/1178221820951781. eCollection 2020.
Binge drinking among young adults aged 18-21 years has declined over the past decade, but binge drinking rates among people 22-25 years old have remained largely the same. This steady trend in later years represents a departure from the traditional course of maturing out of risky alcohol use, perhaps because young adults are delaying the transition into adulthood.
This paper explores the relationship between binge drinking and aspects of the transition into adulthood that could inform interventions targeting these two distinct groups of young adults.
We use survey data on 1,081 young adults aged 18-25 living in 10 Indiana counties. Our dataset is unique because it contains both college-attending and non-college attending young adults. We ran weighted logistic regressions to determine the association between college enrollment, living situation, roles common in adulthood, and stressors common during the transition to adulthood (e.g., relationships, economic conditions, job stability) and binge drinking.
Our data indicate that different factors are associated with binge drinking based on whether subjects who are in the earlier (18-21 years old) or later (22-25 years old) years of young adulthood. For example, within the 18-21 years old group, college enrollment is associated with higher rates of binge drinking, but it is not associated with increased binge drinking in the older age group. The type of stress related to binge drinking also varies by age group.
Our results emphasize the need to disaggregate "young adulthood" into two separate periods when defining target populations and settings for binge drinking interventions.
在过去十年中，18至21岁的青年成年人的暴饮行为有所下降，但22至25岁人群的暴饮率基本保持不变。近年来的这种稳定趋势与摆脱危险饮酒行为的传统成熟过程不同，这可能是因为青年成年人正在推迟向成年期的过渡。
本文探讨暴饮行为与向成年期过渡的各个方面之间的关系，这可为针对这两类不同青年成年人的干预措施提供参考。
我们使用了对居住在印第安纳州10个县的1081名18至25岁青年成年人的调查数据。我们的数据集很独特，因为它既包含上大学的青年成年人，也包含未上大学的青年成年人。我们进行了加权逻辑回归，以确定大学入学、生活状况、成年期常见角色以及向成年期过渡期间常见的压力源（如人际关系、经济状况、工作稳定性）与暴饮行为之间的关联。
我们的数据表明，根据青年成年人处于早期（18至21岁）还是后期（22至25岁），不同的因素与暴饮行为相关。例如，在18至21岁的年龄组中，大学入学与较高的暴饮率相关，但在年龄较大的组中，它与暴饮行为的增加无关。与暴饮行为相关的压力类型也因年龄组而异。
我们的结果强调，在确定暴饮行为干预的目标人群和环境时，需要将“青年成年期”分为两个不同的阶段。
