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ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
Volume 36, Issue 1-2, Pages 37-46Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.08.010
Keywords
Personality; Adolescence; Substance use; Substance problems; Development; Longitudinal; Prospective prediction
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- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- The State University of New York at Stony Brook Research Foundation
- National Health Research Development Program (NHRDP) Health Canada
- Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation (ABMRF)
- Dalhousie University Faculty of Science
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A brief personality risk profile (23 items) the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale was tested for concurrent and predictive validity for substance use in 1139 adolescents (grades 8-10) from a mid-sized city in western Canada The SURPS was administered in two waves of a longitudinal study separated by 12 months (2003-04) As expected four subscales were supported by confirmatory factor and metric invariance analysis In regression analysis three subscales hopelessness impulsivity and sensation seeking were positively related to current and future use while one anxiety sensitivity was negatively related Findings suggest clinical utility for screening adolescents at risk for substance use (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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