Tuesday, September 05, 2006
RedOrbit - Health - Effects of Substance Use Spans Generations: "Effects of Substance Use Spans Generations
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By Charnicia E. Huggins
NEW YORK -- Indeed the apple may not fall from the tree in terms of substance use -- especially cigarette smoking -- and behavior problems, new study findings show.
In a long-term study conducted across three generations, researchers found that substance use in one generation was associated with problem behaviors and later substance use in the following generation. In turn, the substance use in the second generation was related to problem behaviors in the third generation.
The findings suggest that 'not only does parent's substance use affect their children but it also can affect their grandchildren,' study co-author Jennifer A. Bailey, of the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, told Reuters Health."
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By Charnicia E. Huggins
NEW YORK -- Indeed the apple may not fall from the tree in terms of substance use -- especially cigarette smoking -- and behavior problems, new study findings show.
In a long-term study conducted across three generations, researchers found that substance use in one generation was associated with problem behaviors and later substance use in the following generation. In turn, the substance use in the second generation was related to problem behaviors in the third generation.
The findings suggest that 'not only does parent's substance use affect their children but it also can affect their grandchildren,' study co-author Jennifer A. Bailey, of the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, told Reuters Health."
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