A test of socioeconomic status as a predictor of initial marijuana use

Miller, Diana S.; Miller, Todd Q.

doi:10.1016/s0306-4603(96)00059-7

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“…Their work demonstrates that a decrease in family influence is often related to an increase in peer influence, which may then relate to an increase in marijuana use. This is supported by other studies that indicate that first generation populations report less use of addictive substances when compared with non-first generation populations (Baptiste, 1993;Brindis et al, 1995;Brook et al, 1983;Caetano, 1988;Cervantes, Gilbert, Salgado de Snyder, & Padilla, 1991;Duncan, Tildesley, Duncan, & Hops, 1995;Epstein et al, 1995;Gilbert, 1987;Hovey & King, 1996;Johanson, Duffy, & Anthony, 1996;Lifrak et al, 1997;Miller & Miller, 1997;Otero-Sabogal et al, 1995;Tommasello et al, 1993). These investigations suggest that acculturation leads to greater substance use, however, the majority of these studies have been cross-sectional rather than longitudinal.…”

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“…Numerous investigators (Anderson, 1998;Beauvais, 1998;Brindis et al, 1995;Brook et al, 1992;James, 1997;Johanson et al, 1996;Li et al, 1999;Lifrak et al, 1997;Miller & Miller, 1997;Rumbaut, 1996;Velez & Ungemack, 1995;Waters, 1996;Williams et al, 1999) have examined the predictors of drug use among adolescents, however, this study is, to our knowledge, the first that examines the longitudinal relationship between psychosocial factors and marijuana use among first and second generation Black and Puerto Rican adolescents. The results indicated that many of the risk and protective factors related to marijuana use among first and second generation Americans parallel those that have been found to be of importance when examining the American minority adolescent population's marijuana use (Brook et al, 1983(Brook et al, , 1990(Brook et al, , 1992(Brook et al, , 1997.…”

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The Influence of Generational Status and Psychosocial Variables on Marijuana Use among Black and Puerto Rican Adolescents

Chappin¹,

Brook

2001

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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This study uses a longitudinal design to assess the relationship between Black andPuerto Rican adolescent generational status (first generation vs. second generation) and specific psychosocial factors predicting later marijuana use. In addition, the interactive effects of adolescent generational status and psychosocial risk and protective factors on later marijuana use were assessed. Structured interviews were conducted with 108 Black males and females and 392 Puerto Rican males and females whose mean age at Time 1 and Time 2 was 14 and 19, respectively. Correlation analyses showed that various psychosocial variables (i.e., personality, family, peer, and the ecological setting) were related to later marijuana use. Regression analysis showed that the personality and family domains had a direct relationship with young adult marijuana use. In contrast, the impact of the generational status of the adolescent on later marijuana use was mediated by the psychosocial variables. The findings also indicated that the risk for drug use among second generation American adolescents (American-born children of immigrant parents) was offset by a number of protective factors stemming from the domains of personality, family, and ecology.Research over the past decade has attempted to explain the psychosocial correlates of drug use and abuse in economically disadvantaged minority youth living in inner-city regions

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The Influence of Generational Status and Psychosocial Variables on Marijuana Use among Black and Puerto Rican Adolescents

Chappin¹,

Brook

2001

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

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“…Among younger people, relative poverty and school failure may count as such negative life events. The Integrated Theory of Substance Use [14] was based on this premise and was tested with mitigated success among adolescents aged 11-17 years in 1976 -1977 in the United States [15]. According to this theory, cannabis use is a way to gain respect and esteem of peers, when ordinary social and school valuations are impossible [16].…”

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The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Cannabis Use Among French Adolescents

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Beck

Khlat

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Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…As demonstrated both by these 2006 figures, and other studies in the US (Wallace et al 2003) and the West of Scotland (Sweeting and West 2003), there has been gender convergence in adolescent drug use. It is possible that there have also been changes in patterning according to aspects of socio-economic status such as background class or own achievement or occupation (Miller and Miller 1997).…”

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Drug use over the youth–adult transition in a west of Scotland cohort: Prevalence, pathways and socio-demographic correlates

Sweeting

West

2008

Addiction Research & Theory

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Among a west of Scotland cohort surveyed at ages 15 (1987), 18, 23 and 30, lifetime prevalence (ever use) of any drugs rose from 9% at 15 to 58% at 23, thereafter increasing little; past year ('current') use peaked at age 23 (35%). Cannabis-only rates increased most between ages 15 and 18; 'hard' drug use increased steadily with age. There was considerable transitory use, particularly among cannabis-only users and those initiating later. Neither initiation nor use of cannabis only or other drug(s) was raised among those of lower background social class. However, cannabis-only initiation between 18 and 23 years was most likely among those from non-manual backgrounds who had left school later and were in full time education at 18. Initiation of other drug(s) between 18 and 23 also showed some evidence of this 'student effect'. Measures which fail to distinguish different types of drug use, or the use of broad age bands, may obscure such relationships.

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A test of socioeconomic status as a predictor of initial marijuana use

Cited by 50 publications

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The Influence of Generational Status and Psychosocial Variables on Marijuana Use among Black and Puerto Rican Adolescents

The Influence of Generational Status and Psychosocial Variables on Marijuana Use among Black and Puerto Rican Adolescents

The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Cannabis Use Among French Adolescents

Drug use over the youth–adult transition in a west of Scotland cohort: Prevalence, pathways and socio-demographic correlates

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