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Predicting Substance Use in Early Adolescence Based on Parent and Teacher Assessments of Childhood Psychiatric Disorder: Results from the Ontario Child Health Study Follow‐up
Author(s) -
Boyle Michael H.,
Offord David R.,
Racine Yvonne A.,
Fleming Jan E.,
Szatmari Peter,
Links Paul S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01034.x
Subject(s) - conduct disorder , psychology , psychiatry , cohort , substance abuse , substance use , attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , population , clinical psychology , mental health , medicine , environmental health
This article examines relationships between psychiatric disorder, poor school performance, family dysfunction and law family income in a cohort of 8–12‐year‐olds and use of tobacco, marijuana and hard drugs 4 years later. Conduct disorder assessed by teachers predicted use of alcohol and hard drugs, while low family income and poor school performance predicted use of tobacco. Neither attention‐deficit disorder nor emotional disorder was related lo adolescent substance use. Although behavioural deviance in childhood is associated with adolescent substance use, it has limited potential for identifying groups at risk in the general population for purposes of preventing substance use in later years.