Middle Childhood Antecedents to Progressions in Male Adolescent Substance Use: An Ecological Analysis of Risk and Protection.

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Academic Achievement; Adolescent Development; Adolescents; Antisocial Behavior; At Risk Persons; Behavior Problems; Context Effect; Depression (Psychology); Discipline; Drinking; Drug Use; Family Characteristics; Individual Development; Males; Marijuana; Maturity (Individuals); Models; Parent Background; Parent Child Relationship; Peer Relationship; Personality; Predictor Variables; Self Esteem; Smoking; Stress Variables; Structural Equation Models; Substance Abuse

0743-5584

This study examined antecedents to early patterned alcohol and tobacco use and marijuana experimentation between ages 11 and 16 for an at-risk male sample. Findings suggested that family, peer, and child characteristics were inextricably connected within an ecology of development. A structural equation prediction model suggested a higher order construct, "childhood risk structure." (Author/KB)

2000

EJ599960