Objective: The purpose of this prospective study was to compare the following three
vulnerability models for early-onset substance use in a high-risk sample: the deviance …

Delinquency is a positive predictor of adolescent problem substance use, and depressed
mood may increase risk for substance problems. The extent to which effects of delinquency …

Background Sher, Grekin, and Williams (2005) pointed out the existence of 4 main
etiological, but not mutually exclusive, models that might explain the development of alcohol …

Personality and Early Adolescent Alcohol Use: Assessing the Four Factor Model of Vulnerability
Page 1 Citation: Nair NK, Newton NC, Barrett EL, Slade T, Conrod PJ, et al. Personality and …

Empirical evidence for the stress and negative affect model of adolescent alcohol use has
been inconsistent. We hypothesized that this inconsistent support was partially due to a third …

We examined the continuity and stability of relational patterns among putative risk factors
and measures of total drug use over the age period of 12 to 18. Using Marlatt's (1987) affect …

This investigation examined mediators of the longitudinal relation between negative
affectivity and the development of problematic drinking behavior in adolescent boys and …

The primary purpose of this study was to explore whether coping typologies during
adolescence predict alcohol use and abuse during early adulthood. The roles played by …

Objective: The relationships between depressive symptoms and alcohol use among
maltreated youth have been well documented. However, the direction of these associations …

Objective: There is much theory, but sparse empirical evidence, supporting the notion that
internalizing symptoms and negative affect are the mechanism by which exposure to …