title: Using the primary socialization theory to predict substance use and sexual risk behaviors between black and white adolescents.
abstract: Using the Primary Socialization Theory (PST), we examined substance use and sexual risk-taking behaviors between Black (N = 1,464) and White (N = 3,946) adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, Wave 1, public use (Add Health). Self-reported substance use and sexual risk-taking behaviors, PST constructs, and covariates were assessed using regression modeling techniques. Black youth were more likely to initiate sex, while White youth were more likely to report lifetime alcohol use. The PST predicted risk for White but not Black youth. The study's limitations are noted, and implications for future research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. sfrancis@cph.osu.edu
authors.forename: Shelley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Roland J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Thorpe
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D001741:Black or African American; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044465:White People
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