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. 2014 Dec 1;24(4):630-645.
doi: 10.1111/jora.12053.

Adolescent Pathways to Co-Occurring Problem Behavior: The Effects of Peer Delinquency and Peer Substance Use

Kathryn C Monahan  1 , Isaac C Rhew  2 , J David Hawkins  3 , Eric C Brown  3
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Adolescent Pathways to Co-Occurring Problem Behavior: The Effects of Peer Delinquency and Peer Substance Use

Kathryn C Monahan et al. J Res Adolesc. .

Abstract

Delinquency and substance use are more likely to co-occur in adolescence compared to earlier and later developmental periods. The present study examined developmental pathways to co-occurring problem behavior from 6th-10th grade (N=2,002), testing how peer delinquency and substance use were linked to transitioning between abstaining, delinquency, substance use, and co-occurring problem behavior. Developmentally, most youth transition from abstinence to delinquent behavior, and then escalate to co-occurring problem behavior. Once co-occurring problem behavior onsets, remitting to single problem behavior or abstinence is unlikely. The impact of peers on problem behavior are domain specific when individuals transition from abstaining to a single problem behavior, but are more general with respect to escalation of and desistance from problem behavior.

Keywords: delinquency; developmental psychopathology; peer group; substance use.

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Latent class Markov chain model with time-varying covariates. Note. Sub. Use = Substance Use. Delinq. = Delinquency.
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