Kelly Dominic P, Dzera James, Demidenko Michael I, Weigard Alexander, Foster Katherine T, Beltz Adriene M
Social Research Institute, University College London.
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
Appl Dev Sci. 2025 May 21. doi: 10.1080/10888691.2025.2468254.
Pubertal timing has implications for adolescent substance use, such that early maturers have increased use. Yet, pubertal timing is not widely studied beyond adolescence, making it unclear whether and how adolescent effects persist or if downstream effects emerge after adolescence. This paper investigates the relation between pubertal timing (perceived comparison to same-sex peers) and alcohol use for 75-100 days and examines alcohol belief mediators. Participants (=183) aged 21-45 years ( =27.33 [ =6.65]) came from two intensive longitudinal studies. Across ~13,000 daily observations, pubertal timing was associated with normative daily alcohol use during adulthood, such that women who matured late and men who matured on-time drank the most. Alcohol beliefs about relaxation and social facilitation influenced the alcohol use behavior of late maturing men less than their peers. Adolescent alcohol use might be slow to emerge in late developers, and the mechanisms underlying use seem to differ across development and by gender.
青春期发育时间对青少年物质使用有影响，早熟者的使用量会增加。然而，青春期发育时间在青春期之后并未得到广泛研究，这使得青少年时期的影响是否以及如何持续存在，或者青春期后是否会出现后续影响尚不清楚。本文调查了青春期发育时间（与同性同龄人相比的感知情况）与75至100天内酒精使用之间的关系，并研究了酒精信念中介因素。183名年龄在21至45岁（平均年龄 = 27.33 [标准差 = 6.65]）的参与者来自两项密集纵向研究。在约13000次每日观察中，青春期发育时间与成年期的日常规范酒精使用有关，成熟较晚的女性和按时成熟的男性饮酒量最多。关于放松和社交促进的酒精信念对成熟较晚男性饮酒行为的影响小于对其同龄人。发育较晚者的青少年酒精使用可能出现得较晚，而且使用背后的机制似乎因发育阶段和性别而异。
