Developmental Pathways to Conduct Problems and Serious Forms of Delinquency

2018 ◽  
pp. 158-172
Author(s):  
Rolf Loeber
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Property Crime ◽  
Developmental Pathways ◽  
Oppositional Behaviors ◽  
Parsimonious Model ◽  
Key Aspects

This chapter addresses several questions regarding developmental pathways. It considers a parsimonious model of developmental pathways from oppositional behaviors and conduct problems to serious property crime, violence, and homicide. Moreover, the chapter asks what methods are available for identifying pathways, and what their key aspects and limitations are. The chapter explores these questions by first reviewing the defining characteristics of developmental pathways and the methods to identify them. It then studies other key aspects of developmental pathways, including developmental pathways between substance use and delinquency. Finally, this chapter discusses some limitations of developmental pathways as well as the applications of these concepts.

U.S. Trends in Adolescent Substance Use and Conduct Problems and Their Relation to Trends in Unstructured In-Person Socializing With Peers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Borodovsky ◽  
Robert F. Krueger ◽  
Arpana Agrawal ◽  
Basant Elbanna ◽  
Margaretha de Looze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Adolescent Substance

scholarly journals Interaction matters: Quantifying Conduct Problem × Depressive Symptoms interaction and its association with adolescent alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in a national sample

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (4pt1) ◽  
pp. 1029-1043 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Maslowsky ◽  
John E. Schulenberg
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Conduct Problem ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Substance Use Prevention ◽  
Monitoring The Future

AbstractSubstance use is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality among American adolescents. Conduct problems and depressive symptoms have each been found to be associated with adolescent substance use. Although they are highly comorbid, the role of the interaction of conduct problems and depressive symptoms in substance use is not clear. In national samples of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students from the Monitoring the Future study, latent moderated structural equation modeling was used to estimate the association of conduct problems, depressive symptoms, and their interaction to the use of alcohol (including binge drinking), cigarettes, and marijuana. Moderation by age and sex was tested. The interaction of conduct problems with depressive symptoms was a strong predictor of substance use, particularly among younger adolescents. With few exceptions, adolescents with high levels of both conduct problems and depressive symptoms used substances most frequently. Conduct problems were a strong positive predictor of substance use, and depressive symptoms were a weak positive predictor. Whereas conduct problems are often thought to be a primary predictor of substance use, this study revealed that depressive symptoms potentiate the relation of conduct problems to substance use. Therefore, substance use prevention efforts should target both depressive symptoms and conduct problems.

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