title: Detection of youth at high risk for substance use disorders: a longitudinal study.
abstract: This study extends prior research (D. Clark, J. Cornelius, L. Kirisci, & R. Tarter, 2005) by determining whether variation in the developmental trajectories of liability to substance use disorder (SUD) is contributed by neurobehavioral disinhibition, parental substance use involvement, and demographic variables. The sample, participants in a long-term prospective investigation, consisted of 351 boys, evaluated at ages 10-12, 12-14, 16, 19, and 22, whose parents either had SUD or no adult psychiatric disorder. Neurobehavioral disinhibition in childhood, in conjunction with parental lifetime substance use/SUD, place the child at very high risk for SUD by age 22 if psychosocial maladjustment progresses in severity in early adolescence. These results indicate that monitoring social adjustment during the transition from childhood to mid-adolescence is important for identifying youth at very high risk for succumbing to SUD by young adulthood.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kirisci
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vanyukov
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tarter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology