A Dynamic Cascade Model of the Development of Substance - Use Onset

Dodge, KA., Malone, PS., Lansford, JE., Miller, S., Pettit, GS., & Bates, JE. (2010). A Dynamic Cascade Model of the Development of Substance - Use Onset. WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Abstract

The book offers an extensive exploration of the childhood factors that can lead to substance abuse.
•Puts forward a dynamic cascade model of the development of adolescent substance-use onset
•Model is based on broad sampling of children from prekindergarten through to Grade 12
•The results offer practical suggestions for interventions, public policies, and economics of substance-use and future inquiry

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