title: The influence of assets and environmental factors on gender differences in adolescent drug use.
abstract: For adolescents, illicit drug use remains a significant public health problem. This study explored prospectively the differential effects of 17 youth assets and 5 environmental factors on drug use in adolescent males and females (Youth Asset Study - a 5-wave longitudinal study of 1117 youth/parent pairs). Baseline analyses included 1093 youth (53% female). Mean age was 14.3 years (SD = 1.6) and the youth were 40% Non-Hispanic White, 28% Hispanic, 24% Non-Hispanic Black, and 9% Non-Hispanic other. Analyses revealed that 16 assets for males and 15 for females as well as the total asset score were prospectively associated with no drug use. No environmental factors were prospectively associated with any drug use for males, and for a subset of females, only Neighborhood Support was significant. This study confirms and extends previous work regarding youth drug use by recognizing the importance of the protective effect of assets for both males and females.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 900 NE 10th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. Electronic address: Cheryl-Aspy@ouhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Cheryl B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Aspy
authors.affiliation: P.O. Box 26901, Rm. 453, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901, USA. Electronic address: Eleni-tolma@ouhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Eleni L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Tolma
authors.affiliation: P.O. Box 26901, Rm. 453, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901, USA. Electronic address: Roy-Oman@ouhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Roy F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Oman
authors.affiliation: Post Office Box 26901, Room 358, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901, USA. Electronic address: Sara-Vesely@ouhsc.edu.
authors.forename: Sara K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Vesely
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D010290:Parents; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: Community-based longitudinal study; Neighborhood factors; Positive youth development; Youth assets; Youth illicit drug use
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