TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Patterns of substance use, delinquency, and risk factors among adolescent inhalant users
JO  - Substance use and misuse
A1  - Nakawaki, Brandon
A1  - Crano, William
SP  - 114
EP  - 122
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Despite insidious effects, use of inhalant substances by adolescents remains an understudied phenomenon. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: This research was designed to identify patterns of past year substance use and delinquency among adolescent inhalant users. <br><br>METHOD: The study used a sample of adolescent inhalant users (ages ranged from 12-17 years, n = 7,476) taken from a pooled sample of the 2002 through 2012 National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). Three-step latent class analyses were conducted with past year substance use and delinquency behaviors as class indicators. Demographic and social covariates were included in the analyses. <br><br>RESULTS: Analyses yielded a six-class solution comprised of classes of users characterized by low substance use/low delinquency, high substance use/low delinquency, low substance use/fighting, cigarettes/alcohol/marijuana, high substance use/high delinquency, and cigarettes/alcohol/ marijuana/opioids/moderate delinquency. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings provide insight into the taxonomy of adolescent inhalant user heterogeneity, and may inform future efforts at detection and prevention of inhalant use by suggesting warning signs of co-occurring externalizing behaviors and possible indications of underlying internalized issues.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1082-6084
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10826084.2014.961611
ID  - ref1
ER  -