A Dynamic Cascade Model of the Development of Substance - Use Onset

The book offers an extensive exploration of the childhood factors that can lead to substance abuse. Puts forward a dynamic cascade model of the development of adolescent substance-use onset Model is based on broad sampling of children from prekindergarten through to Grade 12 The results offer practical suggestions for interventions, public policies, and economics of substance-use and future inquiry

ABSTRACT vii I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS 32 III. SUBSTANCE USE PATTERNS AND CORRELATIONS AMONG VARIABLES 38 IV. EARLY CHILD AND SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS 51 V. EARLY PARENTING FACTORS 55 VI. EARLY CHILD BEHAVIOR PROBLEM FACTORS 61 VII. EARLY PEER RELATIONS PROBLEM FACTORS 66 VIII. ADOLESCENT PARENTING FACTORS 71 IX. ADOLESCENT PEER CONTEXT FACTORS 75 X. TESTING THE FULL MODEL 79 XI. MODERATION BY GENDER 84 XII. PERSON-LEVEL ANALYSES 87 XIII. THEORETICAL INTEGRATION AND DISCUSSION 92 REFERENCES 104 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 120 COMMENTARY. TAKING SUBSTANCE USE AND DEVELOPMENT SERIOUSLY: DEVELOPMENTALLY DISTAL AND PROXIMAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT DRUG USE 121 John E. Schulenberg and Julie Maslowsky CONTRIBUTORS 131 STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 133