View in EDS

Gateway polydrug use among Puerto Rican and Dominican adolescents residing in New York City: the moderating role of gender.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Gateway polydrug use among Puerto Rican and Dominican adolescents residing in New York City: the moderating role of gender.
Authors: Epstein JA (AUTHOR), Botvin GJ (AUTHOR), Diaz T (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse. 2002, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p33-46. 14p.
Subject Terms: *Teenagers, *Hispanic American students, *Drug abuse, *Gender, Ethnicity
Abstract: Most research of ethnic differences in adolescent drug use resorts to combining all Hispanic individuals into one group. This study focused on polydrug use among adolescents residing in an innercity region by Hispanic ethnicity (Puerto Rican versus Dominican) and gender. Puerto Rican and Dominican students in 22 New York City middle schools participated. Sixth and seventh graders completed self-report questionnaires with measures of the three gateway drugs (cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana) at baseline (N = 849) and at a one-year followup (N = 678). In the first year of middle school, gender moderated the effect of Hispanic ethnicity on lifetime polydrug use. Specifically, Dominican boys reported greater polydrug use than Dominican girls, but use was similar across gender for Puerto Rican adolescents. In the second year of middle school, this pattern extended to more serious levels of polydrug use as measured by current polydrug use and composite polydrug frequency. Consequently, both Hispanic ethnicity and gender mattered in determining adolescent polydrug use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Copyright of Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
Database: Education Research Complete
FullText Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: ehh
DbLabel: Education Research Complete
An: 106692386
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: Academic Journal
PubTypeId: academicJournal
PreciseRelevancyScore: 0
IllustrationInfo
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Gateway polydrug use among Puerto Rican and Dominican adolescents residing in New York City: the moderating role of gender.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Epstein+JA%22">Epstein JA</searchLink> (AUTHOR)<br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Botvin+GJ%22">Botvin GJ</searchLink> (AUTHOR)<br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Diaz+T%22">Diaz T</searchLink> (AUTHOR)
– Name: TitleSource
  Label: Source
  Group: Src
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="JN" term="%22Journal+of+Child+%26+Adolescent+Substance+Abuse%22">Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse</searchLink>. 2002, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p33-46. 14p.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subject Terms
  Group: Su
  Data: *<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Teenagers%22">Teenagers</searchLink><br />*<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Hispanic+American+students%22">Hispanic American students</searchLink><br />*<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Drug+abuse%22">Drug abuse</searchLink><br />*<searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Gender%22">Gender</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Ethnicity%22">Ethnicity</searchLink>
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Abstract
  Group: Ab
  Data: Most research of ethnic differences in adolescent drug use resorts to combining all Hispanic individuals into one group. This study focused on polydrug use among adolescents residing in an innercity region by Hispanic ethnicity (Puerto Rican versus Dominican) and gender. Puerto Rican and Dominican students in 22 New York City middle schools participated. Sixth and seventh graders completed self-report questionnaires with measures of the three gateway drugs (cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana) at baseline (N = 849) and at a one-year followup (N = 678). In the first year of middle school, gender moderated the effect of Hispanic ethnicity on lifetime polydrug use. Specifically, Dominican boys reported greater polydrug use than Dominican girls, but use was similar across gender for Puerto Rican adolescents. In the second year of middle school, this pattern extended to more serious levels of polydrug use as measured by current polydrug use and composite polydrug frequency. Consequently, both Hispanic ethnicity and gender mattered in determining adolescent polydrug use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
– Name: AbstractSuppliedCopyright
  Label:
  Group: Ab
  Data: <i>Copyright of Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract.</i> (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=ehh&AN=106692386
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Identifiers:
      – Type: doi
        Value: 10.1300/j029v12n02_03
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    PhysicalDescription:
      Pagination:
        PageCount: 14
        StartPage: 33
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Teenagers
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Hispanic American students
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Drug abuse
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Gender
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Ethnicity
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Gateway polydrug use among Puerto Rican and Dominican adolescents residing in New York City: the moderating role of gender.
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Epstein JA
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Botvin GJ
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Diaz T
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 12
              Text: 2002
              Type: published
              Y: 2002
          Identifiers:
            – Type: issn-print
              Value: 1067828X
          Numbering:
            – Type: volume
              Value: 12
            – Type: issue
              Value: 2
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse
              Type: main
ResultId 1