A CAUSAL-ANALYSIS OF EARLY DRUG INVOLVEMENT IN 3 INNER-CITY NEIGHBORHOOD SETTINGS
A CAUSAL-ANALYSIS OF EARLY DRUG INVOLVEMENT IN 3 INNER-CITY NEIGHBORHOOD SETTINGS
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10.3109/10826088509056360
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1985-01-01
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BURGOS, W
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DEMBO, R;ALLEN, N;BURGOS, W
建立在以前的研究强调的重要性，心理社会行为的背景效应，我们测试的模型，毒品参与市中心的青少年生活在不同程度的韧性/毒品使用的社区。青少年的毒品参与被假设是由于毒品的可获得性，吸毒/帮派参与者的形象，朋友的毒品使用，以及参与街头文化活动。在每一个强硬/毒品使用的设置，吸毒/帮派参与的人的形象与朋友的使用酒精和大麻，朋友的使用酒精和大麻正相关的参与街头文化业余活动和毒品的参与，并参与街头文化的追求与毒品的参与呈正相关。还观察到特定于社区环境的关系。模型的复杂性，反映在路径系数的数量，以及模型中的变量预测青少年的药物参与的能力，随着我们从低韧性/药物使用（R2 = 0.28）到中等韧性/药物使用（R2 = 0.30）到高韧性/药物使用（R2 = 0.38）的社区。研究青少年的环境经验，了解他们的药物参与，特别是他们的关系，邻里吸毒亚文化的重要性，强调。
Building upon previous studies stressing the importance of contextual effects in psychosocial behavior, we test a model of drug involvement among inner-city youths living in neighborhoods varying in the perceived degree of toughness/drug use. The drug involvement of the youths is hypothesized to result from the availability of drugs, image of drug-using/gang-involved persons, friends'' drug use, and paticipation in street culture activities. In each of the toughness/drug used settings, image of drug-using/gang-involved persons related positively to friend''s use of alcohol and marijuana, friends'' use of alcohol and marijuana related positively to participation in street culture spare-time activities and drug involvement, and participation in street culture pursuits related positively to drug involvement. Neighborhood-setting-specific relationships are also observed. The complexity of the model, as reflected in the number of path coefficients, and the ability of the variables in the model to predict the youths'' drug involvement increase as we proceed from low toughness/drug use (R2 = 0.28) to medium toughness/drug use (R2 = 0.30) to high toughness/drug use (R2 = 0.38) neighborhoods. The importance of examining youths environmental experiences in understanding their drug involvement, especially their relationship to neighborhood drug use subcultures, is emphasized.