Tina smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, and used drugs moderately in early adolescence, then quickly increased her use between early and middle adolescence, and continued to increase her use throughout high school and late adolescence. Tina is a(n)

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Tina's pattern of increasing substance use throughout adolescence indicates that she is a high escalator. Low escalators show low and stable patterns of substance use throughout adolescence, while early starters begin using substances at a young age but show stable patterns of use throughout adolescence. Delinquents show a pattern of both substance use and criminal behavior.

Tina Smoked Cigarettes, Drank Alcohol, and Used Drugs Moderately in Early