Bentler P M
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1563.
J Addict Dis. 1992;11(3):47-61. doi: 10.1300/J069v11n03_03.
This paper reviews recent results and work in progress from a longitudinal study of drug use etiologies and consequences. Early- and mid-adolescent drug use patterns, personality, and behavioral correlates were studied in a large sample of normal youth beginning in the mid-1970's. To determine the correlates and consequences of adolescent drug use, controlling for related tendencies such as lack of social conformity and deviant friendship networks, 654 youngsters were followed into young adulthood and their behaviors and lifestyles evaluated. Teenage drug use was found to disrupt many critical developmental tasks of adolescence and young adulthood. Tendencies to use many different drugs as an adolescent led in young adulthood to increased drug crime involvement, decreased college involvement, increased job instability, income, psychoticism, and stealing episodes. Intervention efforts should be directed not only towards decreasing drug use, but also towards improving personal maturity, social skills, and economic opportunities.
本文回顾了一项关于药物使用病因及后果的纵向研究的近期成果和进展情况。从20世纪70年代中期开始，在大量正常青少年样本中研究了青少年早期和中期的药物使用模式、个性及行为关联因素。为了确定青少年药物使用的关联因素及后果，在控制诸如缺乏社会从众性和不良友谊网络等相关倾向的情况下，对654名青少年进行追踪直至其进入青年期，并对他们的行为和生活方式进行评估。研究发现，青少年时期的药物使用会干扰青少年和青年期许多关键的发展任务。青少年时期使用多种不同药物的倾向在青年期导致涉毒犯罪增加、上大学的机会减少、工作稳定性降低、收入增加、精神质增加以及盗窃事件增多。干预措施不仅应致力于减少药物使用，还应致力于提高个人成熟度、社交技能和经济机会。
