TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental Aspects of Delinquency and Internalizing Problems and Their Association with Persistent Juvenile Substance Use between Ages 7 and 18
AU - Loeber, Rolf
AU - Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda
N1 - Funding Information: The study was supported by grants awarded to Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, and Helene Raskin White from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA; DA411018), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH; MH50778), and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP; 96–MU–FX– 0012).
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Analyzed longitudinal data from 3 samples of the Pittsburgh Youth Study on boys ages 7 to 18 to examine the co-occurrence of persistent substance use with other problem behaviors, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), persistent delinquency, and persistent internalizing problems (i.e., depressed mood, anxiety, shy or withdrawn behavior). In preadolescence, persistent substance users also tended to be persistent delinquents, and half of this group displayed persistent internalizing problems as well. In adolescence, a third of the persistent substance users did not manifest other persistent problems. Across the samples, the least common substance users were those who manifested persistent internalizing problems only. Logistic regression analyses showed that persistent substance use in preadolescence was predicted by persistent delinquency and internalizing problems and in adolescence by persistent delinquency only. The combination of persistent substance use and delinquency was predicted by oppositional defiant disorder in middle childhood and by persistent internalizing problems in middle to late childhood. ADHD was not a predictor of persistent substance use (and delinquency) in any of the analyses. Results are discussed in terms of developmental models of multiproblem youth with an eye on improving early interventions.
AB - Analyzed longitudinal data from 3 samples of the Pittsburgh Youth Study on boys ages 7 to 18 to examine the co-occurrence of persistent substance use with other problem behaviors, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), persistent delinquency, and persistent internalizing problems (i.e., depressed mood, anxiety, shy or withdrawn behavior). In preadolescence, persistent substance users also tended to be persistent delinquents, and half of this group displayed persistent internalizing problems as well. In adolescence, a third of the persistent substance users did not manifest other persistent problems. Across the samples, the least common substance users were those who manifested persistent internalizing problems only. Logistic regression analyses showed that persistent substance use in preadolescence was predicted by persistent delinquency and internalizing problems and in adolescence by persistent delinquency only. The combination of persistent substance use and delinquency was predicted by oppositional defiant disorder in middle childhood and by persistent internalizing problems in middle to late childhood. ADHD was not a predictor of persistent substance use (and delinquency) in any of the analyses. Results are discussed in terms of developmental models of multiproblem youth with an eye on improving early interventions.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp280304
DO - https://doi.org/10.1207/S15374424jccp280304
M3 - Article
C2 - 10446681
VL - 28
SP - 322
EP - 332
JO - Journal of clinical child psychology
JF - Journal of clinical child psychology
SN - 0047-228X
IS - 3
ER -