PSYCHOSOCIAL PREDICTORS AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG-USE - A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE WITHIN A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY

In this review of my prospective research program, I focus on several topics related to psychosocial factors associated with drug involvemen t across several developmental periods of life. In particular, I addre ss the first three decades of life. To illustrate these processes, I u se selected findings from my 16-year prospective study of adolescent a nd adult development that examine drug use, other problem behaviors, a nd psychosocial risk and protective factors as both antecedents and ou tcomes of drug involvement. Specifically, I: (I) summarize risk and pr otective factors along a developmental continuum; (2) describe my pros pective study; (3) discuss sex differences; (4) introduce the notion o f general deviance; (5) consider several child to adolescent predictor s of drug use; (6) examine several adolescent to young adult predictor s of drug use; (7) introduce the notion of multiple risk and protectiv e factors; (8) test several young adult consequences of teenage drug u se; and finally (9) evaluate several antecedents and consequences of a dult drug use.