Brook J S, Whiteman M M, Finch S
Department of Psychiatry, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595.
J Genet Psychol. 1992 Dec;153(4):369-83. doi: 10.1080/00221325.1992.10753733.
The interrelation of childhood aggression, early and late adolescent delinquency, and drug use was explored. Data were obtained for the subjects when they were 5-10 years old. Follow-up interviews were conducted when the subjects were between 13-18 years old and again when they were 15-20 years old. A LISREL analysis of the three waves of data indicated that childhood aggression is a precursor of adolescent drug use and delinquency, and that early adolescent drug use is correlated with contemporaneous delinquency as well as with later drug use and delinquency.
