The influence of assets and environmental factors on gender differences in adolescent drug use

Abstract For adolescents, illicit drug use remains a significant public health problem. This study explored prospectively the differential effects of 17 youth assets and 5 environmental factors on drug use in adolescent males and females (Youth Asset Study – a 5-wave longitudinal study of 1117 youth...

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Published in:Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2014-08, Vol.37 (6), p.827-837
Main Authors: Aspy, Cheryl B, Tolma, Eleni L, Oman, Roy F, Vesely, Sara K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Community-based longitudinal study
Culture
Drug addiction
Drug Use
Environmental Influences
Female
Females
Gender differences
Goals
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Males
Medical sciences
Neighborhood factors
Neighborhoods
Oklahoma - epidemiology
Parents
Pediatrics
Positive youth development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Residence Characteristics
Self Concept
Sex Factors
Social Environment
Social Support
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Teenagers
Youth assets
Youth illicit drug use
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Summary:Abstract For adolescents, illicit drug use remains a significant public health problem. This study explored prospectively the differential effects of 17 youth assets and 5 environmental factors on drug use in adolescent males and females (Youth Asset Study – a 5-wave longitudinal study of 1117 youth/parent pairs). Baseline analyses included 1093 youth (53% female). Mean age was 14.3 years (SD = 1.6) and the youth were 40% Non-Hispanic White, 28% Hispanic, 24% Non-Hispanic Black, and 9% Non-Hispanic other. Analyses revealed that 16 assets for males and 15 for females as well as the total asset score were prospectively associated with no drug use. No environmental factors were prospectively associated with any drug use for males, and for a subset of females, only Neighborhood Support was significant. This study confirms and extends previous work regarding youth drug use by recognizing the importance of the protective effect of assets for both males and females.
ISSN:0140-1971
1095-9254
DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.05.006