BACKGROUND: To date, few studies have been conducted evaluating predictors of treatment seeking for @entity734 as @entity1 make the transition from preadolescence (a period of very low substance use) to young adulthood (a period of peak substance use). The few studies of this area which have been conducted to date have generally been limited by their use of a cross-sectional rather than a longitudinal study design. We have conducted a longitudinal etiology study (CEDAR) to assess whether an index of behavioral undercontrol called the Transmissible Liability Index (TLI) measured during preadolescence serves as a predictor of the development of @entity734 ( @entity734 ) and of treatment utilization during young adulthood. Our recent work has focuses on subjects with @entity835 ( @entity835 ), since @entity835 are the most common @entity734 . In recent analyses, we found that TLI serves as a predictor of the development of @entity835 ( @entity835 ) among young adults (Kirisci et al., 2009). OBJECTIVE: In the current study, we hypothesized that TLI as assessed during preadolescence would predict treatment seeking a decade later when the subjects were young adults. METHOD: The 375 @entity1 in this study were initially recruited when they were 10-12 years of age. TLI status was determined at baseline, and subsequent assessments were conducted at 12-14, 16, 19, and 22 years of age. Variables examined included TLI as well as demographic variables. Path analyses were conducted. RESULTS: Of the 375 subjects recruited at age 10-12, 92 subjects (24.5%) were diagnosed with a @entity835 by the age of 22. TLI as assessed during pre-adolescence (at age 10 to 12) was found to be associated with substance-related treatment during young adulthood (age 19 and at age 22). CONCLUSIONS: These findings confirmed our hypothesis that TLI assessed during preadolescent years serves as a predictor of treatment at age 19 and at age 22.

Assessing TLI as a Predictor of Treatment Seeking for XXXX among Youth Transitioning to Young Adulthood.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'persons'] @entity734 :: ('MESH:D019966', 'Disease') :: ['substance use disorders', 'SUD'] @entity835 :: ('MESH:D002189', 'Disease') :: ['CUD', 'cannabis use disorder', 'cannabis use disorders']
@entity734 :: (MESH:D019966,Disease) :: ['SUD']
