Dynamic Cascade Model of the Development of Substance - Use Onset

Kenneth A. Dodge is the William McDougall Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, where he directs the Center for Child and Family Policy. His research is aimed at understanding how problem behaviors develop and how they can be prevented. Patrick S. Malone is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina. As a quantitative social psychologist, he utilizes advanced methodological techniques to address substantive questions of social risk forsubstance use outcomes.Jennifer E. Lansford is Associate Research Professor at the Duke UniversityCenter for Child and Family Policy. Her research focuses on how family, peer, and cultural contexts affect the development of aggression and other behavior problems in youth.

• ABSTRACT viiI. INTRODUCTION 1II. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS 32III. SUBSTANCE USE PATTERNS AND CORRELATIONS AMONG VARIABLES 38IV. EARLY CHILD AND SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS 51V. EARLY PARENTING FACTORS 55VI. EARLY CHILD BEHAVIOR PROBLEM FACTORS 61VII. EARLY PEER RELATIONS PROBLEM FACTORS 66VIII. ADOLESCENT PARENTING FACTORS 71IX. ADOLESCENT PEER CONTEXT FACTORS 75X. TESTING THE FULL MODEL 79XI. MODERATION BY GENDER 84XII. PERSON-LEVEL ANALYSES 87XIII. THEORETICAL INTEGRATION AND DISCUSSION 92REFERENCES 104ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 120COMMENTARY.TAKING SUBSTANCE USE AND DEVELOPMENT SERIOUSLY: DEVELOPMENTALLY DISTAL AND PROXIMAL INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT DRUG USE 121John E. Schulenberg and Julie MaslowskyCONTRIBUTORS 131STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL POLICY 133

"Overall, the book is well written ... Consequently, Dodge and colleagues offer an insightful, empirically based model which provides a plausible explanation for how risk factors interact with each other during a transitional period of development for children and adolescents." (Social Psychological Review, 2011)