ReviewFrontiers in psychology2021
The Vicious Cycle: Problematic Family Relations, Substance Abuse, and Crime in Adolescence: A Narrative Review.
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- Psychosocial determinants of recidivism risk among incarcerated individuals with a history of substance use: A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
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- "Rise amid the global uncertainty and chaos" socio-environmental threats risk towards quality of life, mental health and psychological well-being of young adults in Malaysia.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Exploring syndemic vulnerability among adolescents living in urban cities in the Netherlands: a latent class analysis.BMJ public health · 2026Article
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- Acceptability and Improvement of a Library-Based Substance Use Prevention Intervention.Journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- Family and personal factors predisposing adolescents to substance abuse in high-risk urban areas.PloS one · 2025Article
- General attachment and behavioral problem among Chinese adolescents: a serial multiple mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Effective factors in nursing care for cardiovascular patients with opioid dependence disorder: A qualitative study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Family religiosity and climate: the protective role of personal interiorized religiosity in deviance propensity among justice-involved juveniles.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Mental distress in relation to police reporting among adolescent victims of robbery. A population-based study in southern Sweden.SSM - population health · 2023Article
- Let's build youth treatment centres rather than detention centres.Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists · 2023Article
- Mexican-origin parent and child reported neighborhood factors and youth substance use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Changing Patterns and Correlates of Adolescent Substance Use in China's Special Administrative Region of Macau.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Association of Substance Use Pattern and Family Factors With Use-Related Problems According to Arabic Drug Abuse Screening Test-10: A Cross-Sectional Study.Substance use : research and treatmentArticle
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Despite the copiousness of studies on the risky behaviors of adolescents, we cannot establish with certainty the leading aspects involved in teens' substance abuse and criminal actions. This review aims to explore the interplay among the family system, substance abuse, and criminal behavior. An analysis of the main results of the 61 articles published between 2010 and 2020 shows that adolescents whose parents are justice-involved and often absent from home are more likely to perceive lower cohesion, support, and poor family communication. These factors can involve them in criminal acts and substance abuse. Moreover, these conducts are often linked to a form of uneasiness and a search of autonomy. Indeed, risky behaviors could have more than one meaning. Our findings also suggest that the most diffused drug-related crimes in adolescence are economic crimes, weapon carrying, robberies, dealing, and drug possession. Considering these results, future clinical implications might be based on multidimensional approaches, focusing more on the family context to promote interventions for at-risk adolescents.
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