A systematic review of the unique prospective association of negative affect symptoms and adolescent substance use controlling for externalizing symptoms.

Hussong, Andrea M.; Ennett, Susan T.; Cox, Melissa J.; Haroon, Maleeha

doi:10.1037/adb0000247

A systematic review of the unique prospective association of negative affect symptoms and adolescent substance use controlling for externalizing symptoms.

This systematic review examines whether negative affect symptoms (i.e., anxiety, depression, and internalizing symptoms more broadly) predict subsequent adolescent substance use after controlling for co-occurring externalizing symptoms. Following PRISMA procedures, we identified 61 studies that t…