title: Shared predictors of youthful gambling, substance use, and delinquency.
abstract: Given that gambling, alcohol misuse, other drug use, and delinquency are correlated, it is hypothesized that these problem behaviors have shared antecedents. Measures from 3 explanatory domains--sociodemographic factors (age, race, and socioeconomic status), individual factors (impulsivity and moral disengagement), and socialization factors (parental monitoring and peer delinquency)--were tested for links to problem behaviors in 2 longitudinal samples of adolescents. Black youth had lower levels of problem behaviors than Whites. Impulsivity was a significant predictor of alcohol misuse for females and delinquency for males. Moral disengagement predicted gambling for males. Parental monitoring showed a significant inverse relationship to alcohol misuse and other substance use for males. Peer delinquency showed numerous prospective paths to youth problem behaviors for both genders.
authors: Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 14203, USA. barnes@ria.buffalo.edu
authors: Grace M
authors: GM
authors: Barnes
authors: John W
authors: JW
authors: Welte
authors: Joseph H
authors: JH
authors: Hoffman
authors: Barbara A
authors: BA
authors: Dintcheff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*