1996 · Study · English
Modeling the etiology of adolescent substance use: A test of the social development model
Catalano, R.F., Kosterman, R., Hawkins, J.D., Newcomb, M.D., & Abbott, R.D.
Catalano, R.F., Kosterman, R., Hawkins, J.D., Newcomb, M.D., & Abbott, R.D. (1996). Modeling the etiology of adolescent substance use: A test of the social development model. Journal of Drug Issues, 26(2), 429–455. doi.org/10.1177/002204269602600207
Summary
Longitudinal test of the social development model, the theory underneath CTC, published in the Journal of Drug Issues. The model integrates risk and protective factors with propositions from control theory, social learning theory and differential association theory to explain antisocial behaviour through developmental pathways. The authors use structural equation modelling on 590 participants of the Seattle Social Development Project, a panel recruited in 1985 from fifth-grade classes in high-crime neighbourhoods, to ask whether constructs measured at ages 9–10 and 13–14 predict drug use at ages 17–18. All path coefficients but one were significant and in the expected direction, yet the initial model fitted less well than hoped (CFI = .87); after second-order factors were specified for opportunities, involvement and rewards, fit became acceptable (CFI = .90). The authors conclude that the model gives an acceptable account of later drug use and discuss implications for prevention. The paper is the empirical anchor for the ‘social development strategy’ CTC teaches.