categories, all types or combinations of types of maltreatment were associated with adolescent binge drinking, controlling for age, gender, race, parental alcoholism, and parental monitoring. For example, adolescents with neglect-only had 1.2 times higher odds of reporting binge drinking than those with no maltreatment. Compared to adolescents with no maltreatment, adolescents with sexual abuse had more than 2-fold greater odds of reporting binge drinking. Furthermore, adolescents who had experienced both neglect and physical abuse had 1.3 times higher odds of reporting binge drinking than adolescent with no maltreatment. Finally, compared to adolescents with no maltreatment experiences, adolescents who experienced all types of maltreatment were about 1.8 times more likely to report binge drinking. Age, gender, race/ethnicity, and parental alcoholism were also associated with adolescent binge drinking.
