Substance use among early adolescent girls: risk and protective factors.
Disquieting rates of alcohol and drug use among adolescent girls call for original research on gender-specific risk and protective factors for substance use. Particularly salient are data on theory-driven factors that can inform prevention programming. Surveying 781 adolescent girls and their mothers, we found relationships between girls' use of alcohol, prescription drugs, and inhalants and girls' after-school destinations, body images, depression, best friend's substance use, maternal drinking behavior, mother-daughter interactions, and family norms surrounding substance use. Study findings have implications for the design of responsive gender-specific prevention programs.
Schinke
Steven P
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School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA.
Fang
Lin
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Cole
Kristin C A
KC
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires