Structural equation socialization model of substance use among Mexican-American and white non-Hispanic school dropouts.
Structural equation socialization model of substance use among Mexican-American and white non-Hispanic school dropouts.
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墨西哥裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人辍学者物质使用的结构方程社会化模型。
DOI：
10.1016/s1054-139x(98)00068-8
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1998
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Chavez,EL
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Swaim,RC;Bates,SC;Chavez,EL
目的检验墨西哥裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人辍学学生使用多种药物的社会化模型。方法对910名墨西哥裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人辍学学生进行调查，了解他们对酒精、大麻和其他药物的使用情况，以及以前被证明可以预测青少年药物使用的社会化特征。对基于同伴聚类理论的结构方程模型的拟合优度和模型特征按种族和性别的差异进行了评价。结果部分证实了辍学学生中的同伴聚类理论是最有效的直接预测药物使用的因素。其他一些社交影响的影响是间接的，通过与吸毒同龄人的联系来调节。墨西哥裔美国人和非西班牙裔白人亚群之间存在一些差异。结论该模型的结果与之前对仍在学校的年轻人进行的测试结果相似，表明社会对吸毒的影响在学生和辍学学生中是相似的。在辍学学生中，与吸毒同龄人的联系主导着对物质使用的预测。然而，毒品使用制裁的家庭沟通有助于限制药物使用并加强家庭纽带。在墨西哥裔美国辍学生中，学前适应可能是限制药物使用的一个重要保护因素。
PurposeTo test a socialization model of polydrug use among Mexican-American and white non-Hispanic school dropouts.MethodsA sample of 910 Mexican-American and white non-Hispanic school dropouts were surveyed regarding their use of alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs, and socialization characteristics that have previously been shown to be predictive of adolescent substance use. A structural equation model based on peer cluster theory was evaluated for goodness of fit and for differences in model characteristics by ethnicity and gender.ResultsResults partially confirmed peer cluster theory among school dropouts in that association with drug-using peers was the most powerful direct predictor of substance use. The effects of a number of other socializing influences were indirect, mediated through association with drug-using peers. Some differences were present between Mexican-American and white non-Hispanic subgroups.ConclusionsResults were similar to those obtained from previous tests of this model among youth who remain in school, suggesting that social influences on drug use are similar across students and school dropouts. Association with drug-using peers dominates the prediction of substance use among school dropouts. However, family communication of drug use sanctions helps to both limit substance use and strengthen family bonds. Prior school adjustment is likely to be an important protective factor in limiting substance use among Mexican-American dropouts.