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The Contributions of Developmental Science to the Study of Substance Use and Disorder: Introduction
Author(s) -
Hussong Andrea M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00193.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental science , substance use , substance abuse , developmental psychology , conduct disorder , clinical psychology , psychiatry
— This Special Section of Child Development Perspectives highlights the contributions of developmental science to the study of substance use and disorder. It focuses on the specific question of how genetic, biological, and environmental factors vary in the way they interactively predict substance use and disorder over the course of development. The first 3 articles outline answers to this question that are emerging from the study of substance use disorder and contributing contexts, particularly the work on the externalizing or disinhibited risk pathway to substance use disorder. The markers of risk and contextual variation are further integrated in the final contribution, which evaluates current evidence for this pathway to substance use disorder.