Mechanisms Relating Conduct Disorder and Drug Abuse
Principal Investigator
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Assistant Professor (Research) |
Funding Source
NIDA
Description
The major purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between conduct disorder symptoms and substance use disorder symptoms among adolescents (ages 12-18) and, specifically, how this relationship might be accounted for by difficulties with emotional reactivity and regulation. Using a cross-sectional design we are testing whether physiologic and behavioral indices of deficient emotional reactivity and regulation account for the relationship between conduct symptoms and drug problems.