Ethnicity and Adolescent Substance Use

This study focuses on diverse ethnic differences among adolescent substance use, utilizing selected items from the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-Adolescent version (SASSI-A). Data were gathered from a large-scale, cross-sequential study of adolescents during the 1993-1996 school years....

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Published in:Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology 2005-08, Vol.11 (3), p.239-258
Main Authors: Nishimura, Stephanie T, Hishinuma, Earl S, Else, 'Iwalani R. N, Goebert, Deborah A, Andrade, Naleen N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Adolescents
Asian Americans - psychology
Asian Americans - statistics & numerical data
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Sensitivity
Drug Abuse
Ethnicity
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
Gender Identity
Hawaii
Health Surveys
Human
Human Sex Differences
Humans
Male
Mass Screening - statistics & numerical data
Population Groups - psychology
Population Groups - statistics & numerical data
Prevention
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Rehabilitation
Screening
Socioeconomic Factors
Statistics as Topic
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Substance Abuse
Substance Use Prevention
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology
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Summary:This study focuses on diverse ethnic differences among adolescent substance use, utilizing selected items from the Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-Adolescent version (SASSI-A). Data were gathered from a large-scale, cross-sequential study of adolescents during the 1993-1996 school years. Exploratory analyses were conducted for 3,711 students on the basis of their responses to a self-administered survey. Results indicated significant ethnic and gender differences for specific SASSI-A items and factor scores, with Hawaiian, "Other," and Caucasian students reporting higher scores than Japanese students and greater scores for female than male students. These findings suggest the need to develop culturally sensitive substance use prevention and treatment strategies that should also take gender differences into consideration for adolescents in Hawai'i.
ISSN:1099-9809
1939-0106
DOI:10.1037/1099-9809.11.3.239