Research Article

Contemporaneous and Lagged Effects of Life Domains and Substance Use: A Test of Agnew's General Theory of Crime and Delinquency

Table 3

OLS regressions of T1 life domain variables on the other T1 life domain variables (contemporaneous effects; ).

Model 1Model 2Model 3Model 4Model 5Model 6Model 7Model 8Model 9
Low self-controlAttitudes favorableto crimeClose communication with parentsPoor supervision/disciplineConventional peers Negative treatment by teacherNegative attachment to schoolLow educational goalsHomework time

Life domains
 Low self-control0.290* (0.020)−0.026** (0.009)−0.112* (0.016)−0.006 (0.008) 0.016* (0.003)0.020* (0.004)0.103* (0.007)−0.059* (0.010)
 Attitudes favorable to deviance0.091* (0.006)−0.034* (0.009)0.055* (0.009)−0.089* (0.004)0.009* (0.001)0.037* (0.002)0.009*** (0.004)−0.035* (0.006)
 Close communication with parents−0.041** (0.014)−0.171* (0.025)−0.636* (0.018)0.129* (0.010) −0.011* (0.003)−0.019* (0.005)−0.173* (0.008)0.061* (0.013)
 Poor supervision/discipline−0.058* (0.008)0.092* (0.015)−0.212* (0.006)−0.031* (0.006) −0.006** (0.002)0.012* (0.003)−0.023* (0.005)−0.019 (0.007)
 Conventional peers −0.013 (0.017)−0.619* (0.029)0.178* (0.013)−0.139* (0.024)0.004 (0.004)−0.019** (0.006)−0.090* (0.010)0.071* (0.015)
 Negative treatment by teacher0.309* (0.049)0.549* (0.089)−0.137 (0.040)−0.207** (0.068)0.035 (0.034) 0.510* (0.017)0.050 (0.032)−0.084 (0.045)
 Negative attachment to school0.152* (0.031)0.889* (0.055)−0.093* (0.025)0.169* (0.043)0.067** (0.021) 0.200* (0.007)0.005 (0.020)−0.119* (0.028)
 Low educational goals0.280* (0.018)0.075*** (0.033)−0.302* (0.015)−0.118* (0.026)−0.114* (0.013) 0.007 (0.004)0.003 (0.007)−0.189* (0.019)
 Homework time−0.071* (0.012)−0.137* (0.022)0.047* (0.010)−0.128* (0.023)−0.040* (0.008) −0.005 (0.003)−0.019* (0.004)−0.081* (0.008)
Controls
 Victimization0.434* (0.062)0.733* (0.112)0.088 (0.050)−0.305* (0.087)−0.055 (0.043) 0.122* (0.014)0.095* (0.023)−0.047 (0.038)0.170** (0.057)
 Prior smoking cigarettes1.047* (0.158)2.400* (0.284)−0.031 (0.127)0.511** (0.220)−0.186 (0.108)0.017 (0.036)−0.031 (0.058)0.595* (0.096)0.143 (0.145)
 Gender0.312* (0.063)1.244* (0.113)−0.205* (0.051)−0.415* (0.088)−0.355* (0.043)−0.034*** (0.014)−0.123* (0.023)0.056 (0.038)−0.166** (0.058)
 African american0.645* (0.133)−0.778*** (0.240)0.218 (0.107)−0.357** (0.182)0.207*** (0.091)−0.089** (0.030)0.143** (0.049)−0.036 (0.081)−0.826* (0.121)
 White−0.052 (0.084)−0.037 (0.151)0.176** (0.067)0.350** (0.116)−0.155** (0.057)0.049** (0.019)0.051*** (0.031)0.282* (0.051)0.041 (0.076)
 Parent education−0.147* (0.039)0.042 (0.071)0.104** (0.031)−0.033 (0.055)−0.022 (0.048)0.011 (0.009)0.009 (0.014)−0.205* (0.024)0.164* (0.036)
 Family SES quartile−0.133 (0.070)0.691* (0.126)0.242* (0.056)−0.143 (0.098)−0.025 (0.048)0.009 (0.016)−0.006 (0.026)−0.483* (0.042)−0.052 (0.064)
 School type−0.057 (0.101)−1.012* (0.182)0.085 (0.081)−0.703* (0.140)−0.256** (0.069)−0.034 (0.023)0.495* (0.036)0.214** (0.061)−0.455* (0.092)
 School area−0.114** (0.045)−0.124 (0.080)−0.026 (0.009)0.128 (0.062)0.028 (0.030)0.017 (0.0101)−0.044** (0.016)0.098** (0.027)−0.022 (0.041)

Intercept7.640*21.440*15.406*27.184*13.387*0.800*2.152*7.159*6.509*

Adjusted- 0.190.290.350.21 0.22 0.180.240.330.13

Note: entries are unstandardized coefficients; standard errors are in parentheses.
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