title: Racial/ethnic variations in the influence of parental attachment on adolescent substance abuse.
abstract: This article examines whether the influence of parental attachment on adolescent substance abuse differs by race/ethnicity. We hypothesized that the effect of parental attachment would be stronger for Asian Americans than for other adolescents. Using data from the 2005 Fairfax County Communities That Care survey (N = 7,589), we found no support for our hypothesis. Results suggest that the effect of parental attachment on self-reported substance abuse differs dramatically by the race/ethnicity of the adolescent. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Sociology and Anthropology , George Mason University , Fairfax , Virginia.
authors.forename: Phi H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Shannon N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult