Correlates of early alcohol and drug use in Hispanic adolescents: examining the role of ADHD with comorbid conduct disorder, family, school, and peers.
This study examined correlates of early adolescent alcohol and drug use in a community sample of 217 eighth-grade adolescents with behavior problems and from Hispanic/Latino immigrant families. Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships of multiple contexts (e.g., family, school, and peers) to alcohol and drug use. Results suggest that conduct disorder in youth with high levels of hyperactivity symptoms, poor school functioning, and peer alcohol and drug use was directly related to early adolescent alcohol and drug use. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder with comorbid conduct disorder and family functioning was indirectly related to early alcohol and drug use through poor school functioning and through peer alcohol and drug use. Results are discussed in terms of possible targets for interventions to prevent alcohol and drug use in Hispanic adolescents.
Lopez
Barbara
B
Miller School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital North Wing, 210 Miami, FL 33136, USA. blopez4@med.miami.edu
Schwartz
Seth J
SJ
Prado
Guillermo
G
Huang
Shi
S
Rothe
Eugenio M
EM
Wang
Wei
W
Pantin
Hilda
H
D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010379:Peer Group; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012925:Social Conformity; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation; D012951:Socialization; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology