The present report expands upon the literature in several ways. We investigate four transitions in AUD development– time to initiation of drinking, time from initiation of drinking to first AUD problem, time from initiation of drinking to first AUD diagnosis, and time from first AUD problem to first AUD diagnosis. We include covariates that cover the major domains of influence implicated in the literature (but not always studied together), including family, peer, offspring psychopathology, ever-use of cannabis, and traumatic experiences. Of particular interest are the influences on various transitions of internalizing and externalizing disorders that are prominent in two models of AUD etiology- negative affect regulation (Sher 1991) and deviance proneness (Zucker, 1986). A main objective of these analyses is to characterize risk factors associated with each outcome, identifying those common and unique to each. A secondary objective is to provide detailed information about the data source that has not been fully described in the literature to date.
