title: The correlates of substance abuse and dependence among adolescents at high risk for drug abuse.
abstract: Correlates of substance abuse disorders in teenagers may suggest new treatment modalities. The present article examines correlates of self-reported substance abuse and dependence among a sample of 1936 youth at high risk for drug abuse, from 21 southern California continuation high schools. Among 32 demographic, drug use, drug use intention, coping, or health attitude-related variables, gender, cigarette smoking, anger coping, depression, and addiction concern were most consistently associated with self-reported substance abuse or substance dependence. These results suggest that affect management may help facilitate the prevention or control of adolescent drug abuse.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sussman
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Dent
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Galaif
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006213:Hallucinogens; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D006213:Hallucinogens