Article
Early experience with racial discrimination and conduct disorder as predictors of subsequent drug use: A critical period hypothesis
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Accepted Manuscript
Publication Date
4-1-2007
DOI
10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.12.015
Abstract
A critical period hypothesis linking early experiences with both racial discrimination and conduct disorder (CD) with subsequent drug use was examined in a panel of 889 African American adolescents (age 10.5 at time 1) and their parents. Analyses indicated that these early experiences did predict use by the adolescents at time 3 (T3)–5 years later. These relations were both direct and indirect, being mediated by an increase in affiliation with friends who were using drugs. The relations existed controlling for parents’ reports of their use, discrimination experiences, and their socioeconomic status (SES). The impact of these early experiences on African American families is discussed.
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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0
Copyright Owner
Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Copyright Date
2007
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Frederick X. Gibbons, Hsiu-Chen Yeh, Meg Gerrard, Michael J. Cleveland, et al.. "Early experience with racial discrimination and conduct disorder as predictors of subsequent drug use: A critical period hypothesis" Drug and Alcohol Dependence Vol. 88 Iss. Supplement 1 (2007) p. S27 - S37 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/carolyn_cutrona/30/
This is a manuscript of an article published as Gibbons, Frederick X., Hsiu-Chen Yeh, Meg Gerrard, Michael J. Cleveland, Carolyn Cutrona, Ronald L. Simons, and Gene H. Brody. "Early experience with racial discrimination and conduct disorder as predictors of subsequent drug use: A critical period hypothesis." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 88, suppl. 1 (2007): S27-S37. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.12.015. Posted with permission.