The aim of the proposed project is to test and replicate an emerging longitudinal social context model of the development of substance use and other problem behaviors during adolescence using existing databases and sophisticated analytic techniques. Within the theoretical model, peer influence and parenting deficits are hypothesized to be the two most important behavioral risk factors for the development of adolescent substance use and related problem behaviors. Such development is hypothesized to be influenced by the childrearing practices of the parents, and these practices are, in turn, thought to be influenced by family context factors such as intrafamilial conflict and parent substance use. The proposed project will use existing substance use databases to test a number of empirically derived models of the risk and protective factors contributing to the development of substance use and related problem behaviors in adolescence. A great deal of time and money has been expended to obtain excellent longitudinal data sets relevant to adolescent drug use, but many of these data sets have not been analyzed using state- of-the-art analytic techniques specifically designed for longitudinal data. In the proposed project, the validity of the developmental models will be evaluated through statistical methods designed to explore development and growth. Specifically, latent growth curve methodology, generalized linear modeling techniques, and hierarchical linear modeling will be employed to determine the influence of each of the antecedent risk and protective factors on development of substance use and other problem behaviors among adolescents. The structural relationships among these factors and their influence on the developmental process within the context of the hypothesized and other competing developmental models will be explored and compared. Tests of the theoretical model using different analytic techniques, and comparison of findings across datasets is likely to yield important information regarding adolescent substance use and other related problem behaviors that might otherwise go unexplored in these datasets.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DA009548-04
Application #
2897954
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (SRCD (06))
Program Officer
Thomas, Yonette
Project Start
1996-04-01
Project End
2000-07-31
Budget Start
1999-03-31
Budget End
2000-07-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Oregon Research Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
053615423
City
Eugene
State
OR
Country
United States
Zip Code
97403
Duncan, Susan C; Duncan, Terry E; Strycker, Lisa A (2006) Alcohol use from ages 9 to 16: A cohort-sequential latent growth model. Drug Alcohol Depend 81:71-81
Duncan, Terry E; Duncan, Susan C; Okut, Hayrettin et al. (2003) A multilevel contextual model of neighborhood collective efficacy. Am J Community Psychol 32:245-52
Duncan, Susan C; Duncan, Terry E; Strycker, Lisa A (2002) A multilevel analysis of neighborhood context and youth alcohol and drug problems. Prev Sci 3:125-33
Li, F; Duncan, T E; Hops, H (2001) Examining developmental trajectories in adolescent alcohol use using piecewise growth mixture modeling analysis. J Stud Alcohol 62:199-210
Duncan, S C; Duncan, T E; Strycker, L A (2000) Risk and protective factors influencing adolescent problem behavior: a multivariate latent growth curve analysis. Ann Behav Med 22:103-9
Duncan, T E; Duncan, S C; Beauchamp, N et al. (2000) Development and evaluation of an interactive CD-ROM refusal skills program to prevent youth substance use: ""refuse to use"". J Behav Med 23:59-72
Duncan, S C; Strycker, L A; Duncan, T E (1999) Exploring associations in developmental trends of adolescent substance use and risky sexual behavior in a high-risk population. J Behav Med 22:21-34
Duncan, S C; Duncan, T E; Hops, H (1998) Progressions of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in adolescence. J Behav Med 21:375-88
Li, F; Harmer, P; Duncan, T E et al. (1998) Confirmatory factor analysis of the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire with cross-validation. Res Q Exerc Sport 69:276-83
Duncan, T E; Duncan, S C; Hops, H (1998) Latent variable modeling of longitudinal and multilevel alcohol use data. J Stud Alcohol 59:399-408

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