@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between substance use and delinquency among high-school students in Cape Town, South Africa",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2013",
author="Carney, Tara and Myers, Bronwyn J. and Louw, Johann and Lombard, Carl and Flisher, Alan J.",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="447-455",
abstract="Research has shown a positive relationship between substance use and delinquent-type behaviours among adolescents. The aim of this study is to explore the temporal relationships between these outcomes through secondary data analysis of a longitudinal study of high-school students' risk behaviours. Two regression models were compared and gender, socioeconomic status and repeating a grade were found to be consistent predictors of delinquent-type behaviour. Alcohol (OR: 1.26, CI: 1.02-1.55, p = 0.03) and drug use (OR: 1.10, CI: 1.03-1.16, p = 0.002) in the ordinal regression models were significantly associated with delinquent-type behaviours at Time 2 only. A transition model use was then used to measure delinquent-type behaviours as predicted by the previous time period, and results indicated that gender and delinquency were predictive of delinquency. Smoking also significantly interacted with delinquent-type behaviour to increase future risk of this behaviour. The findings point to the need for intervening early with adolescents who show delinquent-type behaviour.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.01.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.01.004"
}