title: Caregiver predictors of adolescent inhalant abuse in rural Appalachia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore caregiver correlates of adolescent inhalant abuse.
  
  
  METHODS
  Youth were surveyed about inhalant use. Caregivers were surveyed about demographics, behaviors, family environment, perceptions of parent/ adolescent interaction, coping strategies, caregiver monitoring of youth and self-reported substance use. Multiple logistic regression with backward elimination was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 218 dyads recruited, 94% of the youth inhalant and inhalant non-users were correctly classified using a model constructed from independent variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We believe that parent-based educational training services should be studied that provide information about inhalant abuse and encourage open communication, adaptive coping, and adequate monitoring skills.
authors: Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, School of Medicine, Morgantown WV 26506, USA. rpack@hsc.wvu.edu
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Pack
authors: Gururaj
authors: G
authors: Krishnamurthy
authors: Lesley
authors: L
authors: Cottrell
authors: Bonita
authors: B
authors: Stanton
authors: Dawn
authors: D
authors: D'Alessandri
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Burns
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001061:Appalachian Region; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders