TY - JOUR
T1 - Coerced childhood sexual abuse moderates the association between cigarette smoking initiation and college drug use frequency
AU - Klanecky, Alicia K.
AU - Salvi, Silvina
AU - McChargue, Dennis E.
PY - 2009/8/10
Y1 - 2009/8/10
N2 - The current study examined childhood sexual abuse (CSA) as a potential moderator of the "gateway theory" association of cigarette use onset and college drug use. Covariate adjusted hierarchical regressions showed that CSA history interacted with age of first cigarette to predict total 12-month illicit drug use frequency (Δ R2 = .048, F(10, 76) 4.041, Mse = 8.812, p = .021). Simple effects revealed that age of first cigarette predicted drug use frequency in individuals with CSA histories (p = .045) rather than non-CSA individuals (p = .103). Exploratory analyses further revealed that the CSA moderation was carried primarily by those exposed to forced/coerced CSA events. Implications of the findings are discussed.
AB - The current study examined childhood sexual abuse (CSA) as a potential moderator of the "gateway theory" association of cigarette use onset and college drug use. Covariate adjusted hierarchical regressions showed that CSA history interacted with age of first cigarette to predict total 12-month illicit drug use frequency (Δ R2 = .048, F(10, 76) 4.041, Mse = 8.812, p = .021). Simple effects revealed that age of first cigarette predicted drug use frequency in individuals with CSA histories (p = .045) rather than non-CSA individuals (p = .103). Exploratory analyses further revealed that the CSA moderation was carried primarily by those exposed to forced/coerced CSA events. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/10550490903077804
DO - 10.1080/10550490903077804
M3 - Article
C2 - 19874154
AN - SCOPUS:71049174152
SN - 1055-0496
VL - 18
SP - 363
EP - 366
JO - American Journal on Addictions
JF - American Journal on Addictions
IS - 5
ER -