precipitate problematic alcohol use in adulthood. Although seemingly counterintuitive, these results are consistent with previous findings about the development of antisocial behavior in adolescence. In fact, past research (Piehler and Dishion 2007) showed that dyads of friends who were talking about deviant topics and who were highly mutual in their interactions (i.e., responsive, understanding of each other, reciprocal, cooperative) were more antisocial than dyads who did not show as much mutuality during their conversation about deviant topics. In other words, having good intrapersonal (e.g., effortful control) and interpersonal (e.g., mutuality) skills may not always be sufficient to keep high risk adolescents out of trouble, because these skills may drive youth to be more compliant to deviant norms in terms of alcohol use.
