Assessing reciprocal association between drunkenness, drug use, and delinquency during adolescence: Separating within- and between-person effects

The strength of longitudinal reciprocal associations between substance use and delinquency during adolescence is unclear, despite a number of studies (e.g., D ’Amico et al., 2008; Mason and Windle, 2002). While contemporaneous or within-time relations between substance use and delinquency have been found to be consistent, with correlations ranging between .3 to .4 (e.g., Farrell et al., 1992), cross-lagged or reciprocal relationships are more ambiguous. Studies using cross-lagged panel (CLP) designs (see Finkel, 1995) have found substance use and delinquency to be reciprocally associated over time (e.g., Bui et al., 2000; Mason and Windle, 2002).

Source: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - August 23, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Russell Turner, Kristian Daneback, Anette Sk årner Tags: Full length article Source Type: research