Substance Use and Antisocial Behavior in Adolescents: The Role of Family and Peer-Individual Risk and Protective Factors

Abstract

Extant literature reports a frequent co-occurrence of substance consumption and antisocial behaviors. It is also postulated, therefore, that risk and protective factors are shared by the two behaviors. The purpose of this research is to test this notion by exploring whether family and peer-individual risk and protective factors are similarly associated with unique and co-occurring substance consumption and antisocial behaviors. A sample of 1,599 school students ranging between the ages of 11 and 19 completed a Spanish-language version of the Communities That Care Youth Survey (CTCYS). This instrument measures risk and protective factors and also captures adolescent drug consumption and antisocial behaviors. We find that risk and protective factors seem to operate in distinct ways for drug consumption and antisocial behaviors when they occur separately. Our findings indicate that the co-occurrence of both behaviors is related to risk factors, but it should not be inferred that the same factors will be present when only one behavior is observed.

Family dynamics and alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents: The mediating role of negative emotional symptoms and sensation seeking

“…This is consistent with results by Obando, Trujillo, and Trujillo (2014) and Yi et al (2011), who identified that protective factors have a smaller or inexistent effect on substance use among adolescents, as compared to risk factors. Current findings suggest that family attachment serves as a protective factor only through the reduction of negative emotional symptoms, which, as already mentioned, foster sensation seeking.…”

Behavior Patterns of Antisocial Teenagers Interacting with Parents and Peers: A Longitudinal Study

“…Previous research had found that parental monitoring and responsiveness was associated with prosocial behaviors of the children (Obando et al, 2014; Slattery and Meyers, 2014; Bowker et al, 2016), in this investigation we had found that the principal aspect of parent-teenager exchanges was related to the presentation of a more varied behavioral repertoire by parents, corroborating our hypothesis about it.…”

“…It was found that the parental monitoring, conflictive family interactions, and low intimacy, were related with alcohol and drugs consumption (Obando et al, 2014). …”

The Influence of Family Characteristics on Problem Behaviors in a Sample of High‐Risk Caribbean Adolescents

“…(Most research using data from the CTC youth survey has taken place in developed nations, including Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States [Arthur et al ; Beyers et al, ; Fairnington, ; Flynn, ; R. R. Glaser et al, ; Hemphill et al, ; Jonkman et al, ]. Recently the survey has also been administered in developing nations, with published research emerging from Colombia [Obando, Trujillo, & Trujillo, ], Croatia [Mihić, Novak, & Băsić, ], Iran [Baheiraei et al, ], Thailand [Wongtongkam, Ward, Day,. & Winefield, ], and Trinidad and Tobago [Katz & Fox, ; Maguire, ; Maguire, Wells, & Katz, ]).…”

“…R. Glaser et al, 2005;Hemphill et al, 2014;Jonkman et al, 2005]. Recently the survey has also been administered in developing nations, with published research emerging from Colombia [Obando, Trujillo, & Trujillo, 2014], Croatia [Mihić, Novak, & Bȃsić, 2010], Iran [Baheiraei et al, 2014], Thailand [Wongtongkam, Ward, Day,. & Winefield, 2014], and Trinidad and Tobago [Katz & Fox, 2010;Maguire, 2013;Maguire, Wells, & Katz, 2011]).…”