Citation

Williams LR, Fox NA, Lejuez CW, Reynolds EK, Henderson HA, Pérez-Edgar KE, Steinberg L, Pine DS. Addict. Behav. 2010; 35(12): 1148-1151.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.07.005

PMID

20813463

Abstract

One hundred thirty seven adolescents (M=15.3yrs, SD=1.0yr, n=72 girls) were recruited into temperament groups when they were 4months of age based on reactivity to novel auditory/visual stimuli (Fox, Henderson, Rubin, Calkins, & Schmidt, 2001). Behavioral inhibition was observed across infancy (14 and 24months). Additionally, self-reported substance-related problems and behavioral risk-taking was assessed during adolescence. High behavioral inhibition increased risk for substance-related problems among boys, whereas high behavioral inhibition protected against substance-related problems among girls, B=-1.18, SE=.48, 95% CI=-2.13 to -.24; p<.05. Additionally, high behavioral inhibition protected lower risk-taking children from adolescent substance-related problems whereas high behavioral inhibition increased risk for substance-related problems among higher risk-taking children, B=.04, SE=.02, 95% CI=.00 to .08. Findings from this prospective, multi-informant, longitudinal study suggest that risk-taking and gender may interact with temperamental traits to place adolescents at differential risk for substance-related related behavior problems.

Language: en