TY - JOUR
T1 - Are baby boomer women unique? The moderating effect of birth cohort on age in substance use patterns during midlife
AU - Sarabia, Stephanie Elias
AU - Martin, James I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/3/3
Y1 - 2016/3/3
N2 - This study examined the relationships of age to use of alcohol, marijuana, and illicit drugs, and misuse of prescription drugs, among midlife women and whether these relationships are modified by birth cohort. Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze National Survey on Drug Use and Health data, which included 2,035 baby boomer and silent generation cohort women, ages 30 to 55. Midlife women across cohorts reduced alcohol and marijuana use, but not illicit and prescription drug misuse, as they aged. A modifying effect of birth cohort was not supported, but findings did support differential aging effects across substances. Implications are discussed.
AB - This study examined the relationships of age to use of alcohol, marijuana, and illicit drugs, and misuse of prescription drugs, among midlife women and whether these relationships are modified by birth cohort. Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyze National Survey on Drug Use and Health data, which included 2,035 baby boomer and silent generation cohort women, ages 30 to 55. Midlife women across cohorts reduced alcohol and marijuana use, but not illicit and prescription drug misuse, as they aged. A modifying effect of birth cohort was not supported, but findings did support differential aging effects across substances. Implications are discussed.
KW - Alcohol
KW - baby boomers
KW - cohort
KW - illicit drugs
KW - midlife
KW - prescription drugs
KW - women
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U2 - 10.1080/08952841.2014.953899
DO - 10.1080/08952841.2014.953899
M3 - Article
C2 - 26901493
AN - SCOPUS:84959061840
SN - 0895-2841
VL - 28
SP - 150
EP - 160
JO - Journal of Women and Aging
JF - Journal of Women and Aging
IS - 2
ER -