Longitudinal Examination of ENDS Use among Young Adult College Students: Associations with Depressive Symptoms and Sensation Seeking

Autor/inn/en	Loukas, Alexandra; Li, Xiaoyin; Wilkinson, Anna V.; Marti, C. Nathan
Titel	Longitudinal Examination of ENDS Use among Young Adult College Students: Associations with Depressive Symptoms and Sensation Seeking
Quelle	In: Prevention Science, 24 (2023) 6, S.1068-1077 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Loukas, Alexandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1389-4986
DOI	10.1007/s11121-023-01572-8
Schlagwörter	College Students; Young Adults; Depression (Psychology); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Sensory Experience; Stimulation; Personality Traits; Smoking; Change; Individual Differences; Incidence; Age; At Risk Persons; Electronic Equipment; Time Perspective; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Sinnerfahrung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Rauchen; Wandel; Individueller Unterschied; Vorkommen; Alter; Lebensalter; Risikogruppe; Elektronisches Gerät; Zeitbezug
Abstract	The present study examined (1) intraindividual changes in the frequency of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use across young adulthood, 18 to 30 years old, and (2) if depressive symptoms and sensation-seeking tendencies, independently and in interaction with one another, were associated with these changes. Data were from a longitudinal study of students recruited from 24 Texas colleges and followed across six waves from fall 2015 to spring 2019. Participants (n = 1298; 36.3% non-Hispanic white, 56.3% women) were 18 to 26 years old in fall 2015 and all reported past 30-day ENDS use on at least one wave. We used growth curve modeling for an accelerated longitudinal design to examine if ENDS use frequency changed with increasing age and if depressive symptoms and sensation seeking, independently and in interaction with one another, were associated with these changes. Results showed that ENDS use frequency increased with increasing age. Depressive symptoms and sensation seeking were not independently associated with more frequent ENDS use or an accelerated increase in ENDS use frequency across increasing age. However, a significant two-way interaction indicated that young adults with elevated depressive symptoms used ENDS more frequently, but only when they had higher levels of sensation seeking. Findings indicate that young adults with depressive symptoms are a heterogeneous population and that those with high levels of sensation-seeking tendencies are at elevated risk for more frequent ENDS use. Interventions for young adults high in both sensation-seeking and depressive symptoms may help prevent and decrease ENDS use. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01