title: Adolescent Pathways to Co-Occurring Problem Behavior: The Effects of Peer Delinquency and Peer Substance Use.
abstract: Delinquency and substance use are more likely to co-occur in adolescence compared to earlier and later developmental periods. The present study examined developmental pathways to co-occurring problem behavior from 6th-10th grade (N=2,002), testing how peer delinquency and substance use were linked to transitioning between abstaining, delinquency, substance use, and co-occurring problem behavior. Developmentally, most youth transition from abstinence to delinquent behavior, and then escalate to co-occurring problem behavior. Once co-occurring problem behavior onsets, remitting to single problem behavior or abstinence is unlikely. The impact of peers on problem behavior are domain specific when individuals transition from abstaining to a single problem behavior, but are more general with respect to escalation of and desistance from problem behavior.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology, 210 S. Bouquet St., Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
authors.forename: Kathryn C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Monahan
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, 1100 NE 45th St, #300, Box 354944, Seattle, WA 98105.
authors.forename: Isaac C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Rhew
authors.affiliation: Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, 9725 Third Ave NE, Suite #401, Seattle WA 98115, 206.685.1997.
authors.forename: J David
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hawkins
authors.affiliation: Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, 9725 Third Ave NE, Suite #401, Seattle WA 98115, 206.685.1997.
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Brown
keywords: delinquency; developmental psychopathology; peer group; substance use