Participants were recruited from the community via flyers and informational booths stationed at local recreational settings (e.g., malls) and high schools. In an effort to over sample for youth who engage in antisocial behavior and problematic substance use, adolescents were recruited primarily from disadvantaged neighborhoods and a local truancy court program. Interested volunteers telephoned the laboratory to learn about the larger project and underwent a brief screening interview to determine initial eligibility. Those who did not endorse exclusionary criteria were invited to the laboratory to obtain written informed consent/assent and to complete an in-person screening interview. Eligible youth participated in a one-day assessment session that involved administration of semi-structured clinical interviews to assess for psychopathology along with other self-report measures. Participants’ parents/legal guardians were invited to take part in the study by completing semi-structured interviews and paper-and-pencil measures regarding the adolescent’s developmental history and psychiatric functioning. Although informed written consent was required from parents/legal guardians of adolescents younger than age 18 years, parents/legal guardians were not required to participate in the study. This approach was chosen to allow recruitment of
