Multidimensional differences between adolescent substance abusers and users.
High-school-aged adolescents responded to a 48-item survey about their substance use. From an original sample of 190 respondents, groups were created through consequence variables (e.g., school, family, medical, and legal problems) into abuse (n = 41) and use (n = 115) categories. Variables were organized along multidimensional lines: stimulus (e.g., frequency of substance use, use in school), organismic (e.g., age, grade), and response (e.g., driving a car while under the influence). From 27 comparisons of the abuse and use groups 16 significant differences emerged.
Hillman
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College of Education, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
Sawilowsky
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D000293:Adolescent; D001143:Arousal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*