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  • Adolescent Health
  • Substance Use Research

Background:

  • Adverse and advantageous childhood experiences (ACEs and counter-ACEs) are understudied in relation to adolescent substance use.
  • Understanding these experiences is critical for developing effective prevention and intervention strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the longitudinal effects of ACEs and counter-ACEs on adolescent tobacco and alcohol use.
  • To determine the relative importance of ACEs versus counter-ACEs in predicting substance use patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a cross-lagged panel model with data from 489 U.S. adolescents (aged 10-13 at baseline) from the Flourishing Families Project over five waves.
  • Analyzed the predictive relationships between childhood experiences and subsequent tobacco/alcohol use.

Main Results:

  • ACEs were found to predict early tobacco initiation.
  • Counter-ACEs in earlier waves predicted decreased tobacco and alcohol use in subsequent waves.
  • Counter-ACEs demonstrated a consistent correlation with reduced alcohol and tobacco use throughout adolescence.

Conclusions:

  • Counter-ACEs appear more significant than ACEs in mitigating persistent adolescent alcohol and tobacco use.
  • ACEs may play a role in preventing the very early initiation of tobacco use.
  • Interventions should consider promoting advantageous childhood experiences to reduce adolescent substance use.