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Substance use and delinquency during adolescence: a prospective look at an at-risk sample
(Usage de drogues et délinquance pendant l'adolescence : regard prospectif d'un échantillon à risque)
Auteur(s) :
PARADISE M. J. ;
CAUCE A. M.
Année
2003
Page(s) :
701-723
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
42
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
SANS ABRI
;
DEPENDANCE
;
DELINQUANCE
;
COHORTE
;
MODELE STATISTIQUE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2003, 38, (3/6, N°Spécial), 701-723
Note de contenu :
graph. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This paper focuses on the relationship between adolescent substance use and delinquent behavior in a sample of homeless young people. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that delinquency and substance use are best described as discrete factors, and competing theoretical models of the longitudinal association between these two factors were examined using structural equations modeling techniques. The results suggest that delinquent behavior is associated with changes in alcohol, marijuana, and drug use across time. This effect was statistically significant over relatively brief lags in time of six months or less. Combined with previous results, these findings challenge the utility of single-factor explanations of adolescent deviance for at-risk populations and suggest that the relationship between substance use and externalizing across time may be more dynamic than previously thought. Implications for intervention are also discussed. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Dept. Psychol., Univ. NC Greensboro, P. O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170. E-mail : matthew_paradiseuncg.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.