Childhood aggression, adolescent delinquency, and drug use: a longitudinal study.
The interrelation of childhood aggression, early and late adolescent delinquency, and drug use was explored. Data were obtained for the subjects when they were 5-10 years old. Follow-up interviews were conducted when the subjects were between 13-18 years old and again when they were 15-20 years old. A LISREL analysis of the three waves of data indicated that childhood aggression is a precursor of adolescent drug use and delinquency, and that early adolescent drug use is correlated with contemporaneous delinquency as well as with later drug use and delinquency.
Brook
J S
JS
Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595.
Whiteman
M M
MM
Finch
S
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*