Cross‐Setting Consistency in Early Adolescent Psychopathology: Deviant Friendships and Problem Behavior Sequelae

AbstractChildhood adversity can negatively impact development across various domains, including physical and mental health. Adverse childhood experiences have been linked to aggression and substance use; however, developmental pathways to explain these associations are not well characterized. Understanding early precursors to later problem behavior and substance use can inform preventive interventions. The aim of the current study was to examine neurobiological pathways through which childhood adversity may lead to early adolescent problem behavior and substance use in late adolescence by testing two prospective models. Our first model found that early adolescent externalizing behavior mediates the association between childhood adversity and alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in late adolescence. Our second model found that activation in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) during an inhibitory control task mediates the association between childhood adversity and early adolescent externalizing behavior, with lower ACC activation associated with higher levels of adversity and more externalizing behavior. Together these findings indicate that the path to substance use in late adolescence from childhood adversity may operate through lower functioning in the ACC related to inhibitory control and externalizing behavior. Early life stressors should be considered an integral component in the etiology and prevention of early and problematic substance use.

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Association among parent-child relationship, peer relationship, material-oriented attitude and problem behavior of early adolescent

Korean Journal of Youth Studies ◽

10.21509/kjys.2016.03.23.3.503 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 503

Author(s):

Sung Man Bae

Keyword(s):

Problem Behavior ◽

Early Adolescent ◽

Peer Relationship ◽

Parent Child Relationship ◽

Child Relationship ◽

Parent Child

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Interparental Hostility and Early Adolescent Problem Behavior: The Mediating Role of Specific Aspects of Parenting

Journal of Research on Adolescence ◽

10.1111/j.1532-7795.2006.00132.x ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 265-292 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

Cheryl Buehler ◽

Mark J. Benson ◽

Jean M. Gerard

Keyword(s):

Problem Behavior ◽

Early Adolescent ◽

Adolescent Problem Behavior ◽

Mediating Role

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The Association of Early Adolescent Problem Behavior and Adult Psychopathology: A Multivariate Behavioral Genetic Perspective

Behavior Genetics ◽

10.1007/s10519-006-9061-z ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 591-602 ◽

Cited By ~ 91

Author(s):

Matt McGue ◽

William G. Iacono ◽

Robert Krueger

Keyword(s):

Problem Behavior ◽

Early Adolescent ◽

Adolescent Problem Behavior ◽

Behavioral Genetic ◽

Adult Psychopathology

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Early Onset Problem Behavior, Young Adult Psychopathology, and Contextual Risk

Twin Research and Human Genetics ◽

10.1375/twin.10.1.45 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 45-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Margaret A. Keyes ◽

William G. Iacono ◽

Matt McGue

Keyword(s):

Problem Behavior ◽

Illicit Drug ◽

Prognostic Significance ◽

Early Adolescent ◽

Strongly Correlated ◽

Adolescent Problem Behavior ◽

Contextual Risk ◽

Police Contact ◽

A Prospective Study ◽

Adult Psychopathology

AbstractA prospective study of 692 male twins was undertaken to investigate the relationships among early adolescent problem behavior, contextual risk, and disinhibitory psychopathology. Early adolescent problem behavior was assessed by the number of the following behaviors engaged in by the time of the age-14 assessment: (1) tobacco use, (2) alcohol use, (3) marijuana use, (4) other illicit drug use, (5) sexual intercourse, and (6) police contact. Contextual risk was assessed as a composite of measures of peer models, parent-offspring conflict, and academic engagement from the age-14 assessment. Disinhibitory psychopathology was assessed by symptoms of nicotine dependence, alcohol dependence, drug dependence, and adult antisocial behavior at the age-18 assessment. Early adolescent problem behavior and contextual risk were strongly correlated (r = .53) and both were strongly and independently associated with symptoms of disinhibitory psychopathology (r from .35 to .60). The association of early adolescent problem behavior with both contextual risk and disinhibitory psychopathology was mediated entirely by genetic factors while the association between contextual risk and disinhibitory psychopathology was mediated by both genetic and nonshared environmental factors. The results are discussed in the context of emerging research on the prognostic significance of early adolescent problem behavior for risk of adult psychopathology.

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