A Dynamic Cascade Model of the Development of Substance - Use Onset

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS 32

III. SUBSTANCE USE PATTERNS AND CORRELATIONS AMONG VARIABLES 38

IV. EARLY CHILD AND SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS 51

V. EARLY PARENTING FACTORS 55

VI. EARLY CHILD BEHAVIOR PROBLEM FACTORS 61

VII. EARLY PEER RELATIONS PROBLEM FACTORS 66

VIII. ADOLESCENT PARENTING FACTORS 71

IX. ADOLESCENT PEER CONTEXT FACTORS 75

X. TESTING THE FULL MODEL 79

XI. MODERATION BY GENDER 84

XII. PERSON-LEVEL ANALYSES 87

XIII. THEORETICAL INTEGRATION AND DISCUSSION 92

REFERENCES 104

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 120

COMMENTARY.

TAKING SUBSTANCE USE AND DEVELOPMENT SERIOUSLY: DEVELOPMENTALLY DISTAL AND PROXIMAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT DRUG USE 121
John E. Schulenberg and Julie Maslowsky

CONTRIBUTORS 131