The association of prenatal cocaine exposure, externalizing behavior and adolescent substance use

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 176; pp. 33 - 43
• Main Authors: Minnes, Sonia, Min, Meeyoung O, Kim, June-Yung, Francis, Meredith W, Lang, Adelaide, Wu, Miaoping, Singer, Lynn T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01-07-2017; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior - psychology; Adolescents; Age; Aggression; Alcoholic beverages; Brain; Cannabis; Children; Cocaine; Cocaine - administration & dosage; Cocaine - adverse effects; Computerization; Confounding factors; Diagnostic systems; Drug abuse; Drug use; Exposure; Externalizing; Externalizing behaviour; Female; Fetuses; Girls; High risk; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Marijuana; Narcotics; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Prenatal cocaine; Prenatal experience; Prenatal exposure; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - chemically induced; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - epidemiology; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - psychology; Prevention programs; Prospective Studies; Psychiatry; Risk behavior; Risk taking; Self Report; Substance abuse; Substance use; Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology; Substance-Related Disorders - psychology; Surveillance systems; Teenagers; Tobacco; Violence; Young adults; Substance Use; Prenatal Cocaine; Externalizing; Adolescent; Substance use; Prenatal cocaine
• ISSN: 0376-8716; 1879-0046
• DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.027

Highlights • Prenatal cocaine exposure (PCE) may increase adolescent substance use. • Externalizing behavior mediated PCE effects on tobacco and substance abuse disorder. • Effects of PCE on marijuana use was more pronounced for boys than girls. • Exposure to violence was also related to increased teen substance use.