Alcohol and Drug Use as Risk Factors for Delinquent Behavior Among Adolescents

2016 ◽  
pp. 552-574
Author(s):  
Helene Raskin White ◽  
Courtney Cronley ◽  
Padmini Iyer
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Acute Effect ◽  
Adolescent Delinquency ◽  
Developmental Patterns ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Adolescent Aggression ◽  
Time Frames

This chapter examines alcohol and drug use as risk factors for delinquency during adolescence. There is strong evidence for comorbidity between substance use and delinquency for individuals. Users, compared to nonusers, are more likely to be delinquent; and delinquents, compared to nondelinquents, are more likely to use substances. Conversely, substance use and delinquency follow different developmental patterns from adolescence into young adulthood, and trends in adolescent substance use and delinquency from 1980 through 2009 do not converge well. Alcohol, compared to drugs, has a stronger acute effect on adolescent aggression/violence. Developmentally, there appears to be a reciprocal association between substance use and delinquency, although findings differ across samples and time frames. There are several alternative models that explain why alcohol and drug use are risk factors for adolescent delinquency.

scholarly journals Associations between History of Hospitalization for Violence Victimization and Substance-Use Patterns among Adolescents: A 2017 Korean National Representative Survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1543
Author(s):  
Yeji Lee ◽  
Kang-Sook Lee
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Alcohol And Drug Use ◽  
Violence Victimization ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
History Of ◽  
Victimization Experience

Violence victimization can adversely affect adolescents’ long-term health. Existing research has mainly focused on the link between victimization and substance use; however, the evidence obtained to date has been inconsistent. This study, using a Korean national representative sample, examined the association between violence victimization and substance-use patterns (including tobacco, alcohol, and drug use) in terms of sex and number of violence victimization experiences. We analyzed secondary data from the 2017 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. Chi-squared test analyses and logistic regression analysis were used to examine substance use in terms of violence victimization; additionally, p-values for trends were calculated to reveal the dose-response relationship per number of violence victimization experiences. We consequently found that participants’ rates of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use were higher among those who experienced violence victimization than among those who did not. For each substance-use-related variable, the greater the violence victimization experience, the higher the odds of substance use (p for trend < 0.001). Early intervention may help prevent the development of substance use, especially among adolescents who have experienced violence victimization. Prevention efforts regarding substance abuse and violence prevention should be included in school curricula to effectively prevent adverse health consequences among adolescents.

Psychometric study of an adolescent substance use scale

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-157
Author(s):  
Inmaculada Méndez Mateo ◽  
Fuensanta Cerezo ◽  
José Antonio López Pina
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Psychometric Study ◽  
Related Risk ◽  
Factor Ii ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Challenging Behaviours

Background: The study of drug use and other adolescent problem behaviours is approached from different preventive strategies. Schools are important as an environment in assessing the situation. Most instruments to evaluate this problem are limited in the type of drugs as well as in the implementation of related risk behaviours.Methods: This paper presents the psychometric study of a scale based on the ESTUDES survey to detect adolescent substance use, health consequences and challenging behaviours in educative contexts. FRIDA was selected to assess the concurrent validity. Participants were 1.264 students (M = 14.41, SD = 1.43) who participated voluntarily. Informed consent was requested. An exploratory factor analysis of the 19 selected items was carried out using the WLMSV method on tetrachoric correlation matrix and Geomin rotation with MPLUS was employed. Results: The results showed the scale consists of two factors: Factor I, substance abuse and health consequences, based on the use of illegal drugs, and Factor II, use of legal drugs and challenging behaviours.Conclusions:  It is a short instrument for the detection of drug use, health consequences and challenging behaviours in the educational field.

scholarly journals Declines in prevalence of adolescent substance use disorders and delinquent behaviors in the USA: a unitary trend?

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 1494-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Grucza ◽  
R. F. Krueger ◽  
Arpana Agrawal ◽  
A. D. Plunk ◽  
M. J. Krauss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Delinquent Behaviors ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Item Response Theory Models ◽  
Adolescent Risk Behaviors

AbstractBackgroundDownward trends in a number of adolescent risk behaviors including violence, crime, and drug use have been observed in the USA in recent years. It is unknown whether these are separate trends or whether they might relate to a general reduction in propensity to engage in such behaviors. Our objectives were to quantify trends in substance use disorders (SUDs) and delinquent behaviors over the 2003–2014 period and to determine whether they might reflect a single trend in an Externalizing-like trait.MethodsWe analyzed data from 12 to 17 year old participants from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a representative survey of the household dwelling population of the USA, across the 2003–2014 period (N = 210 599). Outcomes included past-year prevalence of six categories of substance use disorder and six categories of delinquent behavior.ResultsTrend analysis suggested a net decline of 49% in mean number of SUDs and a 34% decline in delinquent behaviors over the 12-year period. Item Response Theory models were consistent with the interpretation that declines in each set of outcomes could be attributed to changes in mean levels of a latent, Externalizing-like trait.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that declines in SUDs and some delinquent behaviors reflect a single trend related to an Externalizing-like trait. Identifying the factors contributing to this trend may facilitate continued improvement across a spectrum of adolescent risk behaviors.

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