Family Structure as a Predictor of Initial Substance Use and Sexual Intercourse in Early Adolescence.

Flewelling, Robert L.; Bauman, Karl E.

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ERIC Number: EJ412755

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Family Structure as a Predictor of Initial Substance Use and Sexual Intercourse in Early Adolescence.

Flewelling, Robert L.; Bauman, Karl E.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v52 n1 p171-81 Feb 1990

Used 2-year prospective study of 2,102 young adolescents to assess relationship between family structure (intact, one-parent, stepparent) and whether cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and sexual intercourse had ever been tried. Logistic regression results showed significantly higher levels of ever-usage for children of nonintact families. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Drinking, Drug Use, Family Structure, Marijuana, Nuclear Family, One Parent Family, Sexuality, Smoking, Stepfamily, Substance Abuse

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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