Substance use in marital dyads: premarital assortment and change over time *.(Report)

From: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: Merline, Alicia C.; Schulenberg, John E.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Johnston, Lloyd D. | Copyright information

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine change in substance use with marriage, premarriage similarity in substance use between spouses, and the role of spouse use in predicting changes in use with marriage. Method: Nationally representative samples of high school seniors were followed longitudinally through age 35. The sample consisted of 2,169 adults from eight senior-year cohorts (1977-1984) from the Monitoring the Future study who completed a questionnaire at least once befor...

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