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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Predictors of drug use among South African adolescents
Journal of Adolescent Health, Volume 38, No. 1, Year 2006
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Purpose: To determine the association of frequency of illegal drug use with five groups of factors: environmental stressors, parental drug use, parental child rearing, peer drug use, and adolescent personal attributes. Methods: 1468 male (45%) and female (55%) adolescents, aged 12 to 17 years (mean 14.76, SD 1.51), were interviewed at home in Durban and Capetown, South Africa. Independent measures assessed environmental stressors, parental child rearing, parental drug use, peer drug use, and adolescent personal attributes. The dependent variable was the adolescents' frequency of illegal drug use. Results: Regression analyses showed that personal attributes and peer substance use explained the largest percentage of the variance in the adolescents' frequency of illegal drug use. In addition, both of the parental factors and the environmental stressors contributed to the explained variance in adolescent drug use above and beyond the two more proximal domains at a statistically significant level. Conclusions: Knowing the contribution of more proximal vs. more distal risk factors for illegal drug use is useful for prioritizing targets for interventions. Targeting changes in the more proximal predictors (e.g., adolescent personal attributes) may be more effective as well as more feasible than trying to produce changes in the more distal factors, such as environmental stressors. © 2006 Society for Adolescent Medicine. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brook, Judith Suzanne
United States, New York
New York University
Morojele, Neo K.
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Pahl, Kerstin
United States, New York
New York University
Brook, David William
United States, New York
New York University
Statistics
Citations: 143
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.08.004
ISSN:
1054139X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Substance Abuse
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female