Adolescent Cannabis Use and Conduct Problems: The Mediating Influence of Callous-Unemotional Traits.

ABSTRACT: Cannabis use has been linked to an increased risk of engaging in conduct problem behaviors. However, little existing research has considered intervening processes and shared risk factors that may contribute to this association. The current investigation examines whether callous-unemotional traits, which have shown associations with adolescent cannabis use and conduct problem development, may exhibit a mediating influence on this relationship. Using a longitudinal cohort of youth (n = 390) at increased risk for escalating in their use of cannabis, we found that baseline cannabis use (age~15) was associated with higher levels of trait-like conduct problems (ages~16 & 17), even after controlling for important autoregressive and cross-lagged effects, along with a number of other shared

SUBMITTER: Hawes SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394462 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature