externalizing disorders risk_factor_for substance use

outcomes related to, or affected by, externalizing behaviors and disorders (e.g., ..., substance-use disorders, ...)

externalizing problems ... believed to play an etiologic role in the development of substance use disorder

the externalizing pathway may well be a dominant pathway of risk for SUDs

various forms of externalizing symptoms all serve to increase risk for SUDs

externalizing symptoms themselves may serve to moderate risk for substance involvement associated with the internalizing pathway

externalizing symptoms may serve as a final common pathway to substance involvement, mediating the relation between childhood internalizing symptoms and substance use

internalizing symptoms contribute little to the prediction of substance use in adolescence once risk associated with externalizing symptoms is considered

Adolescent studies show a stronger effect of externalizing symptoms on substance use outcomes.

adolescents with externalizing problems, who are at high risk for substance misuse

externalizing dimension underlying vulnerability for substance use disorders