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Gender-specific effects of social influences and competence on lifetime poly-drug use among inner-city adolescents.

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Title: Gender-specific effects of social influences and competence on lifetime poly-drug use among inner-city adolescents.
Authors: Epstein JA (AUTHOR), Botvin GJ (AUTHOR), Doyle M (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse. 2009, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p243-256. 14p.
Subject Terms: *Drug abuse, *Teenagers, *Urban youth, Substance abuse research, Social influence, Gender mainstreaming, Inner cities, Substance abuse, Social history
Geographic Terms: United States
Abstract: This study examined the relationship of social influences to use drugs and competence variables with lifetime poly-drug use for adolescents residing in inner-city regions. The same model was tested separately for boys and girls. Sixth- and seventh-graders (N = 2400) in inner-city schools self-reported substance use, social influences to use drugs (e.g., friends' substance use), and competence skills (i.e., refusal assertiveness, decision-making). Logistic regressions indicated that friends' smoking and drinking habits, and permissive/ambivalent parental attitudes toward respondents' drinking, were associated with poly-drug use. High self-efficacy and more frequent refusal assertiveness were related to less poly-drug use for the overall sample. Ambivalent/permissive attitudes of friends toward the respondents' smoking were related to greater poly-drug use for girls, but not boys. Perceptions of higher prevalence norms for peer smoking and less frequent refusal assertiveness each were associated with more poly-drug use for boys, but not girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:This study examined the relationship of social influences to use drugs and competence variables with lifetime poly-drug use for adolescents residing in inner-city regions. The same model was tested separately for boys and girls. Sixth- and seventh-graders (N = 2400) in inner-city schools self-reported substance use, social influences to use drugs (e.g., friends' substance use), and competence skills (i.e., refusal assertiveness, decision-making). Logistic regressions indicated that friends' smoking and drinking habits, and permissive/ambivalent parental attitudes toward respondents' drinking, were associated with poly-drug use. High self-efficacy and more frequent refusal assertiveness were related to less poly-drug use for the overall sample. Ambivalent/permissive attitudes of friends toward the respondents' smoking were related to greater poly-drug use for girls, but not boys. Perceptions of higher prevalence norms for peer smoking and less frequent refusal assertiveness each were associated with more poly-drug use for boys, but not girls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:1067828X
DOI:10.1080/10678280902973260