ERIC Number: EJ1078099
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Sep
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-2379
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Methamphetamine Use among Rural White and Native American Adolescents: An Application of the Stress Process Model
Eitle, David J.; Eitle, Tamela McNulty
Journal of Drug Education, v43 n3 p203-221 Sep 2013
Methamphetamine use has been identified as having significant adverse health consequences, yet we know little about the correlates of its use. Additionally, research has found that Native Americans are at the highest risk for methamphetamine use. Our exploratory study, informed by the stress process model, examines stress and stress buffering factors associated with methamphetamine use among a cross-sectional sample of rural White and Native American adolescents (n = 573). Results of logistic regression analyses revealed mixed support for the stress process model; while stress exposure and family methamphetamine use predicted past year methamphetamine use, the inclusion of these variables failed to attenuate the association between race and past year use.
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Correlation, Health Behavior, American Indians, Race, Stress Variables, Case Studies, Rural Areas, Whites, Adolescents, Models, Family Relationship, Prediction, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 5R03DA029212-02