Factors Related to the Anticipated Use of Drugs by Urban Junior High School Students

Ford, Denyce S.

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“…Competence-related attributes were frequently assessed both among adolescents and adult populations, and findings generally supported an inverse relationship between measures of competence and drug use behavior. Adolescents were the subjects in thirteen of the studies [18,41,[47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57], and in all but one study [51] significant inverse associations between competence and drug use were found. Adults were the subjects in two studies [58, 591, and two others focused particularly on women [lo, 601.…”

Section: Empirical Evidence For Drug Protective Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Competence-related measures chosen to test the construct of competence varied greatly across these studies, generally focusing on one or more of the following competence-related areas: personality characteristics [47,57,58], selfesteem [41,[48][49][50][51]53, 60, 611; locus of control, self-mastery and assertiveness [41,48,53,55,59,61], and parenting competence [lo].…”

Section: Empirical Evidence For Drug Protective Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Three established measures of self-esteem were used Rosenberg SelfEsteem Scale [51, 531, Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Scale [41, 601, and Katzenmeyer's Self Observation Scale [49]. Findings from all but one [51] of these studies demonstrated an inverse relationship between drug use and self-esteem.…”

Section: Empirical Evidence For Drug Protective Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

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Competence and Drug Use: Theoretical Frameworks, Empirical Evidence and Measurement

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Statistics show that use of harmful substances (alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine) among women of childbearing age is widespread and serious. Numerous theoretical models and empirical studies have attempted to explain the complex factors that lead individuals to use drugs. The Social Stress Model of Substance Abuse [1] is one model developed to explain parameters that influence drug use. According to the model, the likelihood of an individual engaging in drug use is seen as a function of the stress level and the extent to which it is offset by stress modifiers such as social networks, social competencies, and resources. The variables of the denominator are viewed as interacting with each other to buffer the impact of stress [1]. This article focuses on one of the constructs in this model: that of competence. It presents a summary of theoretical and conceptual formulations for the construct of competence, a review of empirical evidence for the association of competence with drug use, and describes the preliminary development of a multi-scale instrument designed to assess drug protective competence among low-income Hispanic childbearing women. Based upon theoretical and empirical studies, eight domains of drug protective competence were identified and conceptually defined. Using subscales from existing instruments with psychometric evidence for their validity and reliability, a multi-scale instrument was developed to assess drug protective competence. Hypothesis testing was used to assess construct validity. Four drug protective competence domains (social influence, sociability, self-worth, and control/responsibility) were found to be statistically associated with drug use behaviors. Although not statistically significant, expected trends were observed between drug use and the other four domains of drug protective competence (intimacy, nurturance, goal directedness, and spiritual directedness). Study limitations and suggestions for further psychometric testing of the instrument are described.

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Section: Empirical Evidence For Drug Protective Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Empirical Evidence For Drug Protective Competencementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Peer influence was specifically assessed among adolescents by both Dielman, Campanelli, Shope, and Butchart (1987) and Ford (1983) and found to positively relate to drug use. Dielman et al (1987) administered a survey questionnaire to 2,589 fifth and sixth graders.…”

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“…A significant relationship between peer influence and adolescent substance use, misuse, and intention was found. Ford (1983) examined factors related to future intentions to use drugs among 148 junior high school students. The author found that current drug use and friends' drug use and attitudes toward drugs played a role in the future intention to use drugs.…”

Section: Stress Modifier: Social Networkmentioning

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Empirical evidence for the social stress model of substance abuse

Lindenberg

Gendrop

Reiskin

1993

Research in Nursing & Health

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The Social Stress Model of Substance Abuse builds upon and integrates knowledge from numerous psychosocial theories and models. According to this model, the likelihood of an individual engaging in drug abuse is a function of the stress level and the extent to which it is offset by stress modifiers such as social networks, social competence, and resources. This article synthesizes current empirical evidence for this model. Thirty-five primary research studies are described, with special attention to the four psychosocial constructs inherent in the model: stress, social networks, social competence, and resources. Consistencies and inconsistencies in the findings, a critique of key methodological issues, and suggestions for future research are provided.

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A Survey of Abstinence from Alcohol Amongst Teenagers: An Analysis of Reasons for not Drinking*

Johnson

1985

Australian Alcohol/Drug Review

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This is a preliminary study into the reasons adolescents give for not drinking alcohol. This survey of religious and other reasons was conducted among 571 adolescents who identified themselves as being non-drinkers from a sample of 2077 school students in Years 7 to 11 from 29 New South Wales schools. The survey was conducted by the NSW Drug and Alcohol Authority in connection with its regular monitoring programme which has been underway since 1971. Government, Catholic and other independent schools were used in the study.This report outlines the percentage of each reason for abstinence given by early, middle and late adolescents and concludes with a discussion of the ordering of reasons for abstinence. Methods of discovering the effect of religious and other vartables in promoting drinking, as well as preventing drinking behaviour, are suggested.

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Factors Related to the Anticipated Use of Drugs by Urban Junior High School Students

Cited by 6 publications

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Competence and Drug Use: Theoretical Frameworks, Empirical Evidence and Measurement

Competence and Drug Use: Theoretical Frameworks, Empirical Evidence and Measurement

Empirical evidence for the social stress model of substance abuse

A Survey of Abstinence from Alcohol Amongst Teenagers: An Analysis of Reasons for not Drinking*

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