Findings reveal that different
profiles of HPA axis arousal and emotion regulation are associated with
substance use and symptoms of psychopathology among
adolescents.
In addition, clear differences between the predictor
profiles confirmed that, compared to the abstainers and late onset groups, the early onset
substance use group appeared to be at much higher risk for adverse childhood predictors (revealing a problematic
profile), including lower levels of parental knowledge about
adolescents» activities and self - esteem and higher levels of novelty seeking and conduct disorder (Flory et al. 2004; Wanner et al. 2006).
Though it is likely that the high rates of
substance use in SEB / RYC settings might be inherent to the risk
profile of these
adolescents, little is known about the actual role the risk
profile has in explaining
substance use.