Research Article

The Dysregulation Profile Predicts Cannabis Use in the Offspring of Teenage Mothers

Table 1

Descriptive statistics: predictors of recent adolescent cannabis use.

PercentageMean (standard deviation) Range

Race of mother (White) 29%
Age of mother at time 1 (years) 16.3 (1.2)12–18
Sex of adolescent (male) 50%
Age of adolescent 14.5 (0.6) 13–16
Childhood family income11569 (1154) 158–8,000
Dysregulation profile (DP) at age 6 4%
Dysregulation profile (DP) at age 10 6%
Peer cigarette use at age 10 36%
Depression scores at age 10 46.2 (9.3) 35–94
Depression scores at age 14 44.4 (8.5) 34–93
Authoritative parenting at age 14 1.4 (0.9) 0–3
Pubertal timing2.9 (0.9)1–5

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1Mean monthly family income from age 6 and age 10 assessments.