Adolescent females with a substance use disorder: affiliations with adult male sexual partners.

Objective: To test the hypothesis that low socioeconomic status (SES), a disturbed parent-daughter relationship, early sexual development, and antisocial behavior are risk factors in adolescent females affiliating with adult male sexual partners. To determine whether the relation between these risk factors and affiliating with adult male sexual partners is stronger in females with greater, rather than fewer, substance use disorders (SUD).

Method: Subjects were 180 adolescent females with SUD and 87 normal controls (14-18 years of age).