128 Temperament in emerging adulthood, not adolescent behaviour problems, predicts opioid misuse in mid-twenties

This study compared earlier temperament and behavioural predictors of opiate misuse and binge drinking, using a sample of high risk young adults. Participants (n=367) are from the Michigan Longitudinal Study, an ongoing community study of children with alcoholic parents and a community contrast sample of families with similarly aged children. We used logistic regression to examine behavioural and temperament factors from ages 15–20 that...