Sensation seeking and substance use: A cross-lagged panel design

Leah S. Horvath, Riehard Milich, Donald Lynam, Carl Leukefeld, Riehard Clayton

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Abstract

Sensation seeking has received considerable attention as a predictor of drug and alcohol use. However, many studies of the sensation seeking-substance use relation have used cross-sectional designs and are unable to make definitive claims about the causal direction of the relation. This study addresses this issue in a longitudinal, crosslagged panel design. Participants were assessed for the level of sensation seeking and substance use in 9th/10th grade and at ages 19-21. The results indicated that sensation seeking and substance use appear to mutually influence each other. This opens up new areas for research in the personality-substance use literature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-183
Number of pages9
JournalIndividual Differences Research
Volume2
Issue number3
StatePublished - Dec 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology
  • Biological Psychiatry

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