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They say "A sibling in each family was a clinical proband identified due to delinquent behaviors." Pardon my ignorance here but, does this mean they only studi
by oblib 6y ago
They say "A sibling in each family was a clinical proband identified due to delinquent behaviors."
Pardon my ignorance here but, does this mean they only studied kids with "delinquent behaviors"?
- alextheparrot 6y agoYour reading is correct: > From 2001 to 2006, 245 probands/257 siblings from San Diego and 351 probands/373 siblings from Denver were recruited via substance abuse treatment programs, alter- native schools and juvenile probation departments (see [30] for ascertainment details) Citation 30 is: 30. Gelhorn H., Hartman C., Sakai J., Stallings M., Young S., Hyun Rhee S., et al. Toward DSM‐V: an item response theory analysis of the diagnostic process for DSM‐IV alcohol abuse and dependence in adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psy- chiatry 2008; 47: 1329–39; https://doi.org/10.1097/ https://doi.org/10.1097/ CHI.0b013e318184ff2e