Risk Factors

Risk Factors

Substance Abuse

DelinquencyTeen Pregnancy
School Drop-Out
Violence

Community

     
Availability of Drugs X-
-
-
-
Availability of Firearms
-
X
-
-
X
Community Laws & Norms Favorable to Drug Use, Firearms, Crime
X
X
-
-
X
Media Portrayals of Violence
-
-
-
-
X
Transitions & Mobility
X
X
-
X
-
Low Neighborhood Attachment & Community Disorganization
X
X
-
-
X
Extremem Economic & Social Deprivation
X
X
X
X
X
Family:
     
Family History of High Risk Behavior
X
X
X
X
-
Family Management Problems
X
X
X
X
X
Family Conflict
X
X
X
X
X
Favorable Parental Attitudes & Involvement in the Behavior
X
X
-
-
X
School:
     
Academic Failure in Elementary School
X
X
X
X
X
Lack of Commitment to School
X
X
X
X
-
Early and Persistent Anti-Social Behavior
X
X
X
X
X
Individual/Peer:
     
Friends who Engage in Problem Behavior
X
X
X
X
X
Alienation & Rebelliousness
X
X
-
X
-
Favorable Attitudes toward the Problem Behavior
X
X
X
X
-
Early Initiation of the Problem Behavior
X
X
X
X
X
Constitutional FactorsX
X
-
-
X

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Last updated on June 7, 2007 - 7:59am