Sensation Seeking Predicting Growth in Adolescent Problem Behaviors

Byck, Gayle R.; Swann, Gregory; Schalet, Benjamin D.; Bolland, John M.; Mustanski, Brian

doi:10.1007/s10578-014-0486-y

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“…Peer (e.g., peer substance use), family (e.g., parental supervision) and individual (e.g., executive control, impulsivity control [27, 33]) factors were not investigated, and therefore it is not known how these factors may contribute to the onset and development of substance use alongside CD symptoms and CU traits. Third, moderating factors such as sensation seeking, impulsivity, risk-seeking, and executive control were not investigated and should be included in future studies to further explore the relationships between CD symptoms, CU traits, and substance use and the mechanisms underlying these relationships [19, 29, 30, 33]. Fourth, in the current study alcohol misuse was operationalized based on self-reports of number of days being drunk and number of days consuming five or more drinks in a row in the past year.…”

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“…There are a few factors that may explain the relationship between CU traits and substance use. CU traits are significantly related to impulsivity and sensation seeking among youth [28], which has been related to other problem behaviours such as risky sexual behavior [29]. Further, behaviours such as risk-seeking are more prevalent among this population and may explain the relationship between CU traits and substance use [19].…”

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Do Callous–Unemotional Traits and Conduct Disorder Symptoms Predict the Onset and Development of Adolescent Substance Use?

Anderson

Zheng

McMahon

2018

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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Despite strong evidence of the relationship between conduct disorder (CD) symptoms and substance use, it is unclear how callous–unemotional (CU) traits predict substance use over and above CD symptoms, and their potential interaction. This study used data from 753 participants followed from grade 7 to 2-years post-high school. Latent growth curve models showed that CU traits predicted the onset of cigarette use, alcohol misuse, and a substance use composite at grade 7 only when no CD symptoms were present. Among those without CD symptoms, boys showed greater change in the odds of using cigarettes, and were more likely to misuse alcohol or use any substance at grade 7 than girls. However, CD symptoms, CU traits, and their interaction did not predict the linear rates of growth of substance use over time. Thus, CU traits may uniquely predict adolescent substance use when CD symptoms are not present. This research has implications for predicting onset of adolescent substance use and for incorporating the assessment of CU traits into interventions targeting adolescent substance use.

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Do Callous–Unemotional Traits and Conduct Disorder Symptoms Predict the Onset and Development of Adolescent Substance Use?

Anderson

Zheng

McMahon

2018

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

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“…High sensation-seekers may be more likely to use substances and have multiple sexual partners to fulfill desires for exciting experiences. Traditionally explored with substance use, sensation-seeking is significantly associated with alcohol, cigarette and marijuana use in high school (Byck, Swann, Schalet, Bolland, & Mustanski, 2015;Kong et al, 2013;Voisin, King, Schneider, DiClemente, & Tan, 2012) and CHS youth (Pokhrel, Sussman & Stacy, 2014).…”

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Adolescent Substance Use and Sensation-Seeking on Sexual Behaviors Among Young Adults from Continuation High Schools

Espinoza

Richardson

Ferguson

et al. 2019

Substance Use & Misuse

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Background: Youth from continuation high schools report greater substance use and sensationseeking than youth from regular high schools, yet their long-term consequences on age at sexual onset and the number of sexual partners are unknown. Objective: To examine substance use, sensation-seeking and sexual behaviors by gender and race/ethnicity and the effects of substance use and sensation-seeking in adolescence on age at sexual initiation and numbers of sexual partners by young adulthood. Methods: Baseline and 4-year follow-up data on youth from 14 continuation high schools in Southern California who participated in a drug abuse prevention intervention were analyzed. Structural equation modeling assessed whether or not substance use or sensation-seeking in adolescence predicted age at sexual onset and numbers of sexual partners by young adulthood. Results: Latinos had lower sensation-seeking and frequency of substance use and a later age at sexual onset than non-Latinos. Males were more likely than females to have multiple lifetime and recent sexual partners. The effects of adolescent substance use on the number of sexual partners by young adulthood were mediated fully by their age at sexual initiation. Sensation-seeking had no direct or indirect effects on sexual behaviors. Conclusions/Importance: Factors leading to and actual sexual risk behaviors among youth from continuation high schools vary by race/ethnicity and gender. Targeting these antecedent factors by race/ethnicity and gender may improve prevention efforts.

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“…The role of sensation seeking in accounting for this rise in risk-taking behaviour between childhood and adulthood has also been widely discussed (Romer, Reyna, & Satterthwaite, 2017a;Steinberg, 2008). One large cross cultural study has shown that across a number of countries self-reported sensation seeking peaks during adolescence, at 19 years of age, before declining thereafter (Steinberg et al, 2018) and previous work has documented a positive association between sensation seeking, substance use and sexual risk taking (Byck, Swann, Schalet, Bolland, & Mustanski, 2015;Quinn & Harden, 2013;Zhang, Zhang, & Shang, 2016).…”

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Rethinking adolescent risk-taking: Perception of social risk impacts expected involvement in health-risk behaviour during adolescence

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Kl²,

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During adolescence the prevalence of certain health risk behaviours, such as binge drinking and illicit substance use, increases. Engagement in these behaviours has been attributed to immature self-regulation, heightened sensation seeking, and peer influence during adolescence. However, more recently, adolescence has been characterised as a time of risk sensitivity rather than universal increases in health-risk behaviour. For example, the extent to which individuals engage in health-risk behaviours may relate to their sensitivity to the social risk involved in engaging in the health-risk behaviour. In the present study we examined how individual differences in social risk perception relate to an individual’s expectation of future involvement in risky behaviour during adolescence. One hundred and twenty-two participants (ages 11-17, mean 14 years) reported their expected involvement in a number of risk behaviours and degree to which they thought a) engaging in these behaviours would make people like them more, and b) not engaging in these behaviours would make people like them less. Social risk perception was operationalised as the perceived social benefit gained from engaging in a risk behaviour, from low (people would like you less), to high (people would like you more). We used linear mixed effects modelling to assess the contribution of social risk perception in predicting individuals expected involvement in health risk behaviours. We found that adolescents who perceived the social benefit associated with engaging in a risk behaviour to be high were more likely to report higher expected involvement in said behaviour. This was true for illicit substance use, aggressive and illegal behaviours, and risky drinking, but not for risky sex. Adolescents who reported a higher degree of peer victimisation showed a stronger relationship between the perceived social benefit of engaging in, and expected involvement in, these risk behaviours. Further, perceived social benefit moderated the relationship between sensation seeking and expected involvement in risky behaviours. Taken together, these data suggest that, across a number of health risking behaviours, adolescents incorporate perceptions of social risk when making decisions regarding their expected involvement. We argue that future investigations of adolescent health risking behaviours should incorporate social risk.

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Sensation Seeking Predicting Growth in Adolescent Problem Behaviors

Cited by 31 publications

References 48 publications

Do Callous–Unemotional Traits and Conduct Disorder Symptoms Predict the Onset and Development of Adolescent Substance Use?

Do Callous–Unemotional Traits and Conduct Disorder Symptoms Predict the Onset and Development of Adolescent Substance Use?

Adolescent Substance Use and Sensation-Seeking on Sexual Behaviors Among Young Adults from Continuation High Schools

Rethinking adolescent risk-taking: Perception of social risk impacts expected involvement in health-risk behaviour during adolescence

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