CONDUCT PROBLEMS AND ATTENTION-DEFICIT BEHAVIOR IN MIDDLE CHILDHOOD AND CANNABIS USE BY AGE 15

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作者
FERGUSSON, DM
LYNSKEY, MT
HORWOOD, LJ
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[1] Christchurch Health and Development Study, Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch
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10.3109/00048679309075830
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
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The relationship between conduct problems and attention deficit behaviours at ages 6,8, 10 and 12 years and the early onset of cannabis usage by the age of 15 years was studied in a birth cohort of New Zealand children. The analysis showed that while conduct problems during middle childhood were significantly associated with later cannabis use (p<0.05) there was no association between early attention deficit behaviours and cannabis use (p>0.40) when the associations between conduct problems and attention deficit behaviours were taken into account. It was estimated that children who showed tendencies to conduct disorder behaviour in middle childhood were between 2.1 to 2.7 times more likely to engage in early cannabis use than children not prone to conduct problems even when a range of factors including family social background, parental separation and parental conflict were taken into account. It is concluded that early conduct disorder behaviours are a risk factor for later cannabis use when due allowance is made for social and contextual factors associated with both early conduct problems and later cannabis use.
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