FACTORS AFFECTING DRUG USE OUTCOMES AMONG YOUTH AT RISK

这项拟议的研究旨在调查两者之间的联系 青少年中的心理社会和社区因素与药物使用结果 有大量饮酒、吸入剂或非法药物使用的风险 负性家庭因素的结果，通过二次分析得出 以及全州范围内未充分利用的高中生样本。年轻的谁 生活在单亲家庭或寄养家庭中，他们经常 没有人监督，感觉不到与家人亲近的人也在增加 有吸毒和酗酒的风险。然而，即使在最高风险的情况下 在这些群体中，大多数青年没有成为吸毒的习惯性吸毒者。 此外，由于与家人的干预并不总是可能的， 我们需要能够帮助年轻人，不管他们的家庭状况如何。 我们对确定心理社会特征感兴趣，这些特征可能 帮助年轻人应对困难的家庭状况，或阻碍他的 或者她的应对方式，导致吸毒和其他不受欢迎的结果。 我们也对学校或社区的特点感兴趣。 这可能会对这些年轻人的行为产生影响。这些分析 将使用伊利诺伊州能源部的数据进行 酒精中毒和药物滥用(DASA)青少年药物使用研究，1993 和1995年。除了有关毒品使用的问题，调查还包括 关于家庭结构、家庭关系、其他方面的问题 人际关系、参加体育活动和其他活动、信仰 关于吸毒、忧郁感和其他心理社会问题 变量。还可以获得关于学校规模和类型、毒品的数据 学校的教育，以及当地的经济状况。结果是 这些分析可以为预防和干预的发展提供信息 战略，并可能导致新的假设和理论来指导进一步 研究。

The proposed research aims to investigate the associations between psychosocial and community factors and drug use outcomes among youth who are at risk for heavy drinking, inhalant use, or illicit drug use as a result of negative family factors, through secondary analysis of a large and underutilized statewide sample of high school students. Youth who live in single-parent families or foster homes, who are frequently unsupervised, and do not feel close to their families are at increased risk for drug use and heavy drinking. Yet, even in the highest risk groups, the majority of youth do not become habitual drug users. Furthermore, as it is not always possible to intervene with the family, we need to be able to help youth in spite of their family situation. We are interested in identifying psychosocial characteristics which may help a youth to cope with a difficult family situation, or impede his or her coping, leading to drug use and other nondesireable outcomes. We are also interested in characteristics of the school or community which may have an impact on the behavior of these youth. The analyses will be carried out using data from the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (DASA) Youth Study on Substance Use, 1993 and 1995. In addition to questions about drug use, the survey includes questions about family structure, family relationships, other relationships, participation in sports and other activities, beliefs about drug use, feelings of depression, and other psychosocial variables. Data is also available on the size and type of school, drug education in the school, and local economic conditions. The results of these analyses can inform the development of prevention and intervention strategies, and may lead to new hypotheses and theories to guide further research.