ERIC Number: EJ1009624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1050-8392
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Linking Life Skills and Norms with Adolescent Substance Use and Delinquency in South Africa
Lai, Mary H.; Graham, John W.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Smith, Edward A.; Bradley, Stephanie A.; Vergnani, Tania; Mathews, Cathy; Wegner, Lisa
Journal of Research on Adolescence, v23 n1 p128-137 Mar 2013
We examined factors targeted in two popular prevention approaches with adolescent drug use and delinquency in South Africa. We hypothesized adolescent life skills to be inversely related and perceived norms to be directly related to later drug use and delinquency. Multiple regression and a relative weights approach were conducted for each outcome using a sample of 714 South African adolescents aged 15-19 years ("M" = 15.8 years, 57% female adolescents). Perceived norms predicted gateway drug use. Conflict resolution skills (inversely) and perceived peer acceptability (directly) predicted harder drug use and delinquency. The "culture of violence" within some South African schools may make conflict resolution skills more salient for preventing harder drug use and delinquency. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Substance Abuse, Social Attitudes, Drug Abuse, Delinquency, Predictor Variables, Attitude Measures, Conflict Resolution, Peer Influence, Violence, Secondary School Students, Self Control, Gender Differences, Behavior Problems, Anxiety, Peer Acceptance, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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