Examining Adolescent Cocaine Use with Social Learning and Self-Control Theories

Schaefer, Brian P.; Vito, Anthony G.; Marcum, Catherine D.; Higgins, George E.; Ricketts, Melissa L.

doi:10.1080/01639625.2014.977178

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“…The current study uses cross-sectional data, so the present findings can only be considered correlative at best. When measuring social learning theory, we were only able to measure two of the four components that are necessary according to Akers (1998), but the measures are consistent with similar research on criminal behavior, including substance use (Pratt et al, 2010; Schaefer et al, 2015). The current study examined violent crime and property crime as involvement of various crimes for each type as opposed to individually, which Jackson and researchers (2019) also did.…”

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“…One measure was created that comes from two different questions that asked 12th-grade students, “I get a real kick out of doing things that are a little dangerous; I like to test myself every now and then by doing something a little risky (both questions ranged from 0 = disagree to 4 = agree).” These two questions were added together to create a scale for the measure known as risk preference (α = .81). This measure follows the Grasmick and researchers’ (1993) scale of risk-taking and is also identical to prior studies capturing risk preference using the MTF data (Schaefer et al, 2015; Vito et al, 2015, 2019).…”

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Understanding the Role of Vaping in Criminal Behavior Among Adolescents

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Rocheleau

Intravia

2021

Criminal Justice Review

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This study examines the link between ever vaped, vaped just flavoring in the past 30 days, and vaped just flavoring frequently in the past 30 days and violent crime, property crime, marijuana use, and smoking. Using the 2017 Monitoring the Future form two data set and propensity score matching, the researchers are better able to consider the impact of the vaping behavior among similarly situated 12th-grade adolescents. Results illustrate that there are no vaping behaviors linked with violent crime or property crime among similarly situated adolescents. In contrast, results show that adolescents who have ever vaped, vaped just flavoring, or vaped just flavoring frequently are linked with marijuana use and smoking. Limitations and future research implications are discussed.

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Understanding the Role of Vaping in Criminal Behavior Among Adolescents

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Rocheleau

Intravia

2021

Criminal Justice Review

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“…This identifies the transmission of behaviors between closely associated adolescents as the primary mechanism for influence, suggesting that a child's closest friends have the strongest influence on the child's behavior (Dishion, McCord, and Poulin 1999;Forsyth et al 2014;Forsyth et al 2015;Forsyth et al 2013;Payne and Cornwell 2007;Rocheleau and Chavez 2015;Schaefer et al 2015aSchaefer et al , 2015b.…”

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Protective Factors for Deviance: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Youth

2016

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“…Drug abuse is caused by a combination of environmental, biological and psychological factors (Shoemaker, 2010). There are various factors that cause young people to abuse drugs and even become addicted (Schaefer, Vito, Marcum, Higgins, & Ricketts, 2015); (Muigai, 2012). These include family networks, interactions and home environments.…”

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Parental Influence on Drug and Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Students in Kinango Sub-County, Kenya

Chapia

Kimani

Rop

2021

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The United Nations office on Drug and Crime estimates that 200 million people worldwide abuse drugs. Africa is a major supplier of drugs such as cannabis and cocaine which are the most widely abused. Large hauls of cannabis and cocaine have been discovered in East African region. In Kenya, findings show that drug and substance abuse is a major social problem. A report of survey on drug and substance abuse by NACADA, revealed that 32.4% of people aged between 18-28 years have consumed alcohol or other type of drugs and substances. Majority of secondary school students are in the age bracket 14-22 years, the group that is most affected. Drug and substance abuse is partly responsible for the riots, strikes, destruction and burning of property in secondary schools. The prevalence rate of drug abuse in Kinango Sub-County was 20.3%. The purpose of the study was to investigate parental influence on Drug and Substance Abuse among Secondary School Students in Kinango Sub-County Kwale County. Erickson’s theory on social development and Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (SLT) helped in explaining the findings of the study. A survey research design was employed for the study with the study population comprising of all secondary school students, heads of guidance and counselling departments and deputy principals in Kinango sub-county totalling 4,964 people. Four public secondary schools were selected through stratified random sampling. The sample size comprised of 4 deputy principals, 4 heads of guidance and counselling departments of the selected schools and 384 students selected by random sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires and an interview schedule. Validity of the instruments was ensured by using expert judgement of my supervisors. A mixed research methodology was used during data presentation where both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to make inferences and draw conclusions. This was done with help of SPSS version 23. The overall reliability of all the instruments had Cronbach’s alpha of 0.842 which was above the minimum threshold of 0.7. Validity was determined by; the Kaiser- Meyer-Olkim (KMO) Measures of Sampling Adequacy and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity. Values of 0.787 and 0.000 were obtained respectively, which are acceptable indexes. It was established that there is statistically significant influence of parental influence on drug and substance abuse among secondary school students in Kinango sub-County from hypothesis one (p˂ 0.05). The study recommended that parents should abstain from drugs because they are role models of their children and that guidance and counselling should be strengthen in schools. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0863/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Examining Adolescent Cocaine Use with Social Learning and Self-Control Theories

Cited by 27 publications

References 28 publications

Understanding the Role of Vaping in Criminal Behavior Among Adolescents

Understanding the Role of Vaping in Criminal Behavior Among Adolescents

Protective Factors for Deviance: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Youth

Parental Influence on Drug and Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Students in Kinango Sub-County, Kenya

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