The Relationships among Family Problems, Friends' Troubled Behavior, and High Risk Youths' Alcohol/Other Drug Use and Delinquent Behavior: A Longitudinal Study

Richard Dembo Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620; Department of Child and Family Studies, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620

Linda Williams Department of Child and Family Studies, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620

Werner Wothke Scientific Software, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, 60637

James Schmeidler Departments of Psychiatry and Biomathematical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustavo L. Levy Place, New York, New York, 10029

Abstract

Data from an ongoing longitudinal study of juvenile detainees are used to test a structural model of the relationships among their alcohol/other drug use and other delinquent behavior, their family problems, and friends' troubled behavior. The hypothesized model fitted the data well. Implications of the results are drawn in regard to theory and program policy.

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