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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Adolescent Behavior
  • Risk Factor Analysis

Background:

  • Adolescence is a critical period for the development of problem behaviors.
  • Understanding distinct developmental trajectories of substance use, delinquency, and aggression is crucial for targeted interventions.
  • Previous research has often examined these behaviors in isolation, necessitating a multidomain approach.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize developmental patterns of alcohol use, delinquency, and interpersonal aggression in a normative adolescent sample.
  • To identify distinct trajectory groups using multitrajectory group-based modeling.
  • To examine gender differences in group membership and identify predictors of these trajectories.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized seven waves of data from a cohort sequential study (grades 6-12, n=2,825; 50% girls).
  • Applied multitrajectory group-based modeling to identify distinct developmental patterns.
  • Analyzed individual (self-control, negative emotionality), family (violence, monitoring), and peer (substance use norms) factors.

Main Results:

  • Identified four distinct trajectory groups: low risk (33%), declining peer aggressors (44%), peer and dating aggressors (13%), and multidomain high risk (10%).
  • Girls were more likely than boys to be in the peer and dating aggressor group and less likely in the multidomain high-risk group.
  • Individual, family, and peer factors significantly distinguished class membership.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent involvement in alcohol use, delinquency, and aggression follows distinct developmental pathways.
  • Gender plays a role in the likelihood of belonging to specific risk trajectories.
  • Individual, family, and peer influences are critical in shaping these developmental patterns.