1. Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy predicts drug use via externalizing behavior in two community‐based samples of adolescents
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Lotfipour, Shahrdad, Ferguson, Eamonn, Leonard, Gabriel, Miettunen, Jouko, Perron, Michel, Pike, G Bruce, Richer, Louis, Séguin, Jean R, Veillette, Suzanne, Jarvelin, Marjo‐Riitta, Moilanen, Irma, Mäki, Pirjo, Nordström, Tanja, Pausova, Zdenka, Veijola, Juha, and Paus, Tomáš
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Clinical and Health Psychology ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Psychology ,Clinical Research ,Prevention ,Social Determinants of Health ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Tobacco ,Drug Abuse (NIDA only) ,Conditions Affecting the Embryonic and Fetal Periods ,Violence Research ,Youth Violence ,Substance Misuse ,Tobacco Smoke and Health ,Women's Health ,Pediatric ,Pregnancy ,Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period ,2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment ,Good Health and Well Being ,Adolescent ,Adolescent Behavior ,Canada ,Child ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Female ,Finland ,Humans ,Internal-External Control ,Male ,Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects ,Risk Factors ,Smoking ,Substance-Related Disorders ,Addiction ,adolescence ,attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ,drug experimentation ,externalizing behavior ,maternal smoking ,tobacco exposure ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Psychology and Cognitive Sciences ,Substance Abuse ,Public health ,Clinical and health psychology - Abstract
Background and aimsPrenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking (PEMCS) is associated with a higher probability of substance use in adolescence. We explore if externalizing behavior mediates this relationship, while controlling for a number of potential covariates of this mediation process.MethodsWe used data obtained in two geographically distinct community samples of adolescents. The first (cross-sectional) sample consisted of 996 adolescents (12-18 years of age) recruited from the Saguenay Youth Study (SYS) in Canada (47% with PEMCS). The second (longitudinal) sample consisted of 1141 adolescents (49% with PEMCS) from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC1986). In both samples, externalizing behavior and substance use were assessed during adolescence. In the NFBC1986 cohort, externalizing behavior was also assessed in childhood.ResultsIn both populations, PEMCS is associated with a higher likelihood of adolescent drug experimentation. In the NFBC1986 cohort, exposed (versus non-exposed) adolescents experiment with an extra 1.27 [B = 0.24, 95% confidence intervals (CI) = 0.15, 0.33 P
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- 2014