Antisocial Behaviors Moderate the Deviant Peer Pathway to Substance Use in Children With ADHD
Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study evaluated the interplay of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity, deviant peer group affiliation, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD) as risk factors among 142 adolescents with childhood ADHD. Deviant peer affiliation mediated the relation between childhood ADHD symptoms and 6 substance use and abuse variables. Moreover, moderated mediation analyses found that for children with high levels of ODD and CD symptoms, the mediated effect of ADHD through deviant peer affiliation was significant; however, for children with low levels of ODD and CD symptoms, this mediated effect was weak and nonsignificant. Results suggest that children with severe ADHD symptomatology and comorbid antisocial behavior are at highest risk for peer-mediated substance use in adolescence.
Authors: Michael P. Marshal, Brooke S. G. Molina
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G139670610, G1409890568, G1557503371, ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER, COGNITIVE MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN ADHD, G2329376157, Parent Alcoholism Among ADHD Youth: A Longitudinal Study, G2619953172, G2765027716, G3004175676, G3314416657, G3328562806, G3617821893, G3918970534, G3938881979, Follow-Up of the Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD, G4266731762, G4325406002, G4371568230, G4391110110, G4768726084, G493982753, G5488912447, G564282280, G5699744936, G6595093183, Development of Drug Use and Abuse in ADHD Adolescents, The Pittsburgh ADHD Longitudinal Study: Predicting alcohol misuse, problems, and disorder in mid-adulthood, G7867453546, G8113769193, G8290421801, G843751310, G8710804834, Clinical Research Training for Psychologists, G972442998
OpenAlex ID: W2004636383