Relationship of alcohol use to delinquency and illicit drug use in adolescents: Gender, age, and racial/ethnic differences
Relationship of alcohol use to delinquency and illicit drug use in adolescents: Gender, age, and racial/ethnic differences
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DOI：
10.1177/002204260203200107
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发表时间：
2002-12-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Hoffman, JH
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作者：
Barnes, GM;Welte, JW;Hoffman, JH
在青少年中，酒精的使用与其他物质的使用和犯罪有关。然而，很少有研究在性别、年龄和种族/民族群体的代表性子样本中检查这些关系的变化。本研究的调查对象为19,321名纽约州7-12年级学生。在回归分析中控制了重要的社会人口因素后，所有酒精测量仍然是犯罪和非法药物使用的有力预测指标。还发现酒精测量与性别、年龄和种族/族裔群体之间存在显著的相互作用。例如，酗酒和犯罪之间的关系在男性中比在女性中更强。与年龄较大的青少年相比，年龄较小的青少年采取的酒精措施与犯罪和非法药物使用之间的关系更强。美国印第安人表现出比其他群体更大的犯罪和吸毒风险，如果他们在很小的时候就开始喝酒。推迟开始使用酒精的预防努力可能不仅对酒精滥用有影响，而且对其他物质使用和犯罪的发展也有影响。
Alcohol use has been linked to other substance use and delinquency in adolescents. However, few studies have examined variations in these relationships in representative subsamples of gender, age and racial/ethnic groups. Respondents in this study were 19,321 New York State 7-12(th) grade students. After controlling for significant sociodemographic factors in a regression analysis, all of the alcohol measures remained strong predictors of both delinquency and illicit drug use. Significant interactions between alcohol measures and gender, age and racial/ethnic groups were also found. For example, the relationship between binge drinking and delinquency was stronger for males than females. The relationships between alcohol measures and both delinquency and illicit drug use were stronger for younger adolescents than older adolescents. American Indians showed an added risk over other groups of being delinquent and using illicit drugs if they began drinking at an early age. Prevention efforts to delay initiation into alcohol use are likely to have effects not only on alcohol misuse but also on the development of other substance use and delinquency.