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Developmental cascades: Linking adolescent substance use, affiliation with substance use promoting peers, and academic achievement to adult substance use disorders

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Haller, Moira, Handley, Elizabeth, Chassin, Laurie, Bountress, Kaitlin·2010·Development and Psychopathology
DOI 10.1017/s0954579410000532PMC PMC2971659
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Using a high-risk community sample (N = 405), the current study examined developmental cascades among substance use, affiliation with substance use promoting peers, and academic achievement over an 18-year period and tested whether these pathways mediated the influence of parental alcoholism on adult alcohol and drug use disorders. Results showed that the influence of parental alcoholism on adult drug disorders was mediated by developmental cascades across all three domains, whereas the influence of parental alcoholism on adult alcohol disorders was mediated through affiliation with substance use promoting peers and persistence in binge drinking. Adolescent drug use had more implications for adult outcomes than did adolescent alcohol use, which was less likely to spill over into other domains of functioning. Findings indicated that adolescent risk factors had indirect rather than unique effects on adult substance use disorders, suggesting that adolescent risk is not immutable and is largely mediated by later influences.

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  • Adolescents with poor emotional regulation and aggressive tendencies often affiliate with similarly high-risk peers, creating social environments that normalize and reward deviance and alcohol use.

    “Adolescents with poor emotional regulation and aggressive tendencies often affiliate with similarly high-risk peers, creating social environments that normalize and reward deviance and alcohol use (Koposov 2002; Haller et al. 2010; Van Ryzin et al. 2012).”

    From Decoding the bidirectional links between alcohol misuse and aggression: toward a unified translational framework (2026) · cites this paper as Haller et al. 2010

    The ‘Adolescent Peer Influences: Selection Versus Socialization’ section describes peers who model substance use and encourage favorable norms, and the Discussion reports that affiliation with substance-use-promoting peers predicts adolescent drinking and drug use. The paper does not establish that poor emotional regulation or aggressive tendencies lead adolescents to affiliate with similarly high-risk peers; its Discussion reports less evidence for peer-selection effects. Page numbers were not provided in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • In such contexts, drinking may symbolize toughness, risk-taking, or defiance of authority.

    “In such contexts, drinking may symbolize toughness, risk-taking, or defiance of authority (Koposov 2002; Monahan et al. 2009; Haller et al. 2010).”

    From Decoding the bidirectional links between alcohol misuse and aggression: toward a unified translational framework (2026) · cites this paper as Haller et al. 2010

    The Discussion describes adolescent drinking as relatively socially acceptable and examines its relationship with peer networks. It does not address whether drinking symbolizes toughness, risk-taking, or defiance of authority; searches for those ideas found no supporting passage. (LLM, conf=0.74)

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Authors
Haller, M., Handley, E., Chassin, L., & Bountress, K.
Affiliations
Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author
Haller, Moira
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Venue
Development and Psychopathology
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2010-10-01
Volume
22
Issue
4
Pages
899-916
ISSN
  • 0954-5794 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-2198
DOI
10.1017/s0954579410000532
PMC
PMC2971659
OpenAlex
W2121148708
Cited by
101
References
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FWCI
4.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations
  • Development and Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (AA016213, R01AA016213)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
Keywords
developmental cascades, adolescent substance use, peer affiliation, academic performance, parental alcoholism, binge drinking, adolescent alcohol use, adolescent drug use, mediation
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Alcoholism, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Models, Psychological, Peer Group, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Child of Impaired Parents, Substance-Related Disorders

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