Substance use in childhood and adolescence and its associations with quality of life and behavioral strengths and difficulties

Table 3 Associations between substance use and quality of life (Kidscreen-27)

Sample n = 1821		Physical wellbeing	Psychological wellbeing	Parent relations and autonomy	Social support and peers	School environment
Current cigarette use	b	−2.90	−2.92	−2.90	3.54	−2.68
	CI	− 4.74 – –1.07	−4.83 – – 1.01	− 4.83 – − 0.96	1.43–5.64	−4.55 – − 0.81
	p	0.002 **	0.003 **	0.006 **	0.002 **	0.009 **
Frequent cigarette use	b	− 3.08	−2.86	−3.99	2.97	−3.01
	CI	– 5.21– – 0.95	−5.08− − 0.64	−6.22 – − 1.75	0.53–5.41	−5.18 – − 0.84
	p	0.005 **	0.01 *	0.001 **	0.03 *	0.01 *
Current alcohol use	b	− 0.21 − 0.45	−1.70	−1.26	0.19	−1.78
	CI	− 1.64 − 0.73	−2.93 − − 0.47	−2.51 – − 0.02	− 1.17 – 1.55	− 2.98 – − 0.57
	p	0.46	0.008 **	0.07	0.83	0.007 **
Frequent alcohol use	b	0.48	–1.19	0.65	2.55	−1.79
	CI	−1.53 - 2.5	–3.30 – 0.90	−1.47 – 2.77	0.24 – 4.85	−3.84 – 0.26
	p	0.64	0.28	0.64	0.048 *	0.12
Current cannabis use	b	−1.35	–3.87	−3.19	2.23	−4.72
	CI	−3.63 − 0.93	−6.23 − −1.5	−5.58 – − 0.80	−0.38 – 4.84	−7.04 – − 2.41
	p	0.26	0.002 ** ^a	0.02 *	0.13 ^a	< 0.001 ***

All associations are adjusted for gender, age, and SES
Current use: Child currently consumes cigarettes, alcohol, or cannabis at least once per month (Additional file 1); frequent use: Child currently consumes cigarettes or alcohol at least once per week (Additional file 1)
CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio
*** p < .001; ** p < .01; * p < .05
^aSignificant interaction with age indicated stronger (negative) associations in childhood than in late adolescence

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