Individuality and Contextual Influences on Drug Dependence: A 15-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study of Adolescents from Harlem

Autor/inn/en	Brook, Judith S.; Lee, Jung Yeon; Brown, Elaine N.; Finch, Stephen J.; Brook, David W.
Titel	Individuality and Contextual Influences on Drug Dependence: A 15-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study of Adolescents from Harlem
Quelle	In: Journal of Genetic Psychology, 173 (2012) 4, S.355-373 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1325
DOI	10.1080/00221325.2011.620998
Schlagwörter	Longitudinal Studies; Risk; Substance Abuse; Adolescents; Coping; Urban Areas; Puerto Ricans; Gender Differences; Disadvantaged Youth; African Americans; Context Effect; Drug Addiction; Behavior Problems; Correlation; Adults; Regression (Statistics); Individual Characteristics; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Risiko; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Bewältigung; Urban area; Stadtregion; Puerto Rican; Puerto-Ricaner; Geschlechterkonflikt; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Afroamerikaner; Drug dependence; Drogenabhängigkeit; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal
Abstract	In this 15-year longitudinal study the authors investigated individual and contextual factors that predispose adolescents from a disadvantaged urban area to drug dependence in adulthood. Adolescents were recruited from schools serving East Harlem in New York City. Of the 838 participants followed to adulthood, 59% were women, 55% were African American, and 45% were Puerto Rican. Self-report data were obtained on externalizing and internalizing problems, substance use, and contextual influences across adolescence and young adulthood. Drug dependence was assessed in adulthood. Multivariate logistic regressions of drug dependence were performed on the whole sample and separately by gender. Each of the domains was associated with adult drug dependence. Although mean gender differences were found, most associations of risk factors with drug dependence did not vary significantly by gender. Treating externalizing and internalizing problems, reducing substance use, and providing coping skills for adverse contextual influences in adolescence and young adulthood may reduce the likelihood of becoming drug dependent in adulthood. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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