Study: Managing Impulsive Behavior in Teens May Help Prevent Antisocial Personality Disorder, Alcohol Abuse
August 19, 2022Targeting and addressing impulsive behavior in early adolescence may help to prevent the development of antisocial personality disorder (APD) and alcohol use disorders (AUD), according to an article published in the Journal of Adolescent Mental Health.
However, interventions for impulsivity after age 13 or 14 may not stop the cascade of problem behaviors developing into APD and AUD1.The study set out to test the behavioral disinhibition model (BDM), which posits that impulsivity in early adolescence leads to substance use and antisocial behavior and that, in turn, substance use and antisocial behavior beget AUD and APD, respectively.
The researchers found that early adolescent impulsivity directly predicted middle and late adolescent antisocial behavior and alcohol use.Past middle adolescence (roughly ages 14 to 16), however, impulsive behavior did not correlate with antisocial behavior or alcohol use or with the development of APD and AUD.
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