ERIC Number: EJ909811
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-828X
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Latent Patterns of Risk Behavior in Urban African-American Middle School Students in Baltimore City
Hedden, Sarra L.; Whitaker, Damiya E.; von Thomsen, Sarah; Severtson, S. Geoffrey; Latimer, William W.
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, v20 n1 p34-47 2011
Students who engage in high-risk behaviors, including early initiation of sexual intercourse, alcohol use, marijuana use, tobacco use, and externalizing behavior are vulnerable to a broad range of adverse outcomes as adults. Latent class analysis was used to determine whether varying patterns of risk behavior existed for 212 urban African-American students from Baltimore public schools who were recruited as part of a study for the prevention of drug use. A two-class model was estimated. The proportion of the sample bearing a high probability of each of the five risk behaviors was 10.7%; in comparison, the proportion of students with a low probability of the risk behaviors was 89.3%. Controlling for other variables, older age and parental drug or alcohol use was associated with being in the high-risk class, whereas neighborhood was not predictive of latent class. Results from this study may be used to target early adolescents with co-occurring risk behaviors for prevention and treatment. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Prevention, Drug Use, Drinking, Adolescents, Probability, Risk, African Americans, Middle School Students, Urban Areas, Marijuana, Smoking, Behavior Problems, Adults, Health Behavior, Age Differences, Parent Child Relationship, Neighborhoods, Correlation, Therapy
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland
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