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Citation

Maggs JL, Frome PM, Eccles JS, Barber BL. J. Adolesc. 1997; 20(1): 103-119.

Affiliation

University of Arizona, Family Studies, Tucson 85721, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1006/jado.1996.0067

PMID

9063778

Abstract

Longitudinal analyses examined the extent to which adolescent alcohol use, illegal drug use, and antisocial behaviour predicted adjustment and risk behaviour during young adulthood, and whether psychosocial resources buffered any impact of risk-taking. American adolescents completed questionnaires in Grade 12 and 2 years later (n = 694). Personal and social resources predicted success in occupational, relational, and health domains. High school risk behaviours predicted decreased success in relational domains, and alcohol use predicted higher educational attainment, independent of the relations with psychosocial resources. Interactions of resources with risk behaviours predicting adjustment were inconsistent, but resources predicted decreased risk behaviours in young adulthood among adolescent risk-takers. Discussion focuses on the value of, and challenges to, research on consequences of adolescent risk taking.


Language: en

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