ERIC Number: EJ862303
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-828X
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Gender-Specific Effects of Social Influences and Competence on Lifetime Poly-Drug Use among Inner-City Adolescents
Epstein, Jennifer A.; Botvin, Gilbert J.; Doyle, Margaret
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, v18 n3 p243-256 2009
This study examined the relationship of social influences to use drugs and competence variables with lifetime poly-drug use for adolescents residing in inner-city regions. The same model was tested separately for boys and girls. Sixth- and seventh-graders (N = 2400) in inner-city schools self-reported substance use, social influences to use drugs (e.g., friends' substance use), and competence skills (i.e., refusal assertiveness, decision-making). Logistic regressions indicated that friends' smoking and drinking habits, and permissive/ambivalent parental attitudes toward respondents' drinking, were associated with poly-drug use. High self-efficacy and more frequent refusal assertiveness were related to less poly-drug use for the overall sample. Ambivalent/permissive attitudes of friends toward the respondents' smoking were related to greater poly-drug use for girls, but not boys. Perceptions of higher prevalence norms for peer smoking and less frequent refusal assertiveness each were associated with more poly-drug use for boys, but not girls. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Smoking, Females, Self Efficacy, Drug Use, Drinking, Assertiveness, Adolescents, Social Influences, Males, Gender Differences, Competence, Drug Abuse, Urban Areas, At Risk Persons, Grade 6, Grade 7, Peer Influence, Decision Making, Resistance (Psychology), Parent Influence, Parenting Styles
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New York
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