Testing a developmental cascade model of adolescent substance use trajectories and young adult adjustment

Developmental models highlight the impact of early risk factors on both the onset and growth of substance use, yet few studies have systematically examined the indirect effects of risk factors across several domains, and at multiple developmental time points, on trajectories of substance use and adu...

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Published in:Development and psychopathology 2010-11, Vol.22 (4), p.933-948
Main Authors: Lynne-Landsman, Sarah D., Bradshaw, Catherine P., Ialongo, Nicholas S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adjustment
Adolescent
Adolescents
Aggressiveness
Alcohol Drinking - psychology
Antisocial personality disorder
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders - psychology
Behavior
Black or African American - psychology
Cannabis
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child development
Children & youth
Criminology
Developmental psychology
Drug abuse
Drug use
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marijuana Abuse - psychology
Mental disorders
Mental health
Models, Psychological
Parent-Child Relations
Parents & parenting
Peer Group
Peers
Psychology
Psychopathology
Public health
Rejection, Psychology
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Smoking - psychology
Social Adjustment
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - etiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Teenagers
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:Developmental models highlight the impact of early risk factors on both the onset and growth of substance use, yet few studies have systematically examined the indirect effects of risk factors across several domains, and at multiple developmental time points, on trajectories of substance use and adult adjustment outcomes (e.g., educational attainment, mental health problems, criminal behavior). The current study used data from a community epidemiologically defined sample of 678 urban, primarily African American youth, followed from first grade through young adulthood (age 21) to test a developmental cascade model of substance use and young adult adjustment outcomes. Drawing upon transactional developmental theories and using growth mixture modeling procedures, we found evidence for a developmental progression from behavioral risk to adjustment problems in the peer context, culminating in a high-risk trajectory of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use during adolescence. Substance use trajectory membership was associated with adjustment in adulthood. These findings highlight the developmental significance of early individual and interpersonal risk factors on subsequent risk for substance use and, in turn, young adult adjustment outcomes.
ISSN:0954-5794
1469-2198
DOI:10.1017/S0954579410000556