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Promotion." Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral
Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities.
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Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities more likely to
develop substance abuse problems (Mayes and Suchman, 2006;
Hawkins, Catalano, and Miller, 1992). Considerable evidence
supports that a genetic vulnerability to abuse may be conferred
at birth, and that this vulnerability may be most significant in
relation to the transition from drug use to dependence later in
life (Mayes and Suchman, 2006). During childhood, risk for
substance abuse is higher for those who have a difficult
temperament, poor self-regulatory skills, are sensa