scholarly journals Contextual factors in substance use: A study of suburban and inner-city adolescents

1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 845-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUNIYA S. LUTHAR ◽  
KAREN D'AVANZO
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Externalizing Problems ◽  
Peer Acceptance ◽  
Classroom Behaviors ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Internalizing And Externalizing

Objectives in this research were to examine contextual differences in correlates of substance use among high school students. The focus was on two broad categories of adjustment indices: personal psychopathology (internalizing and externalizing problems) and behaviors reflecting social competence (academic achievement, teacher-rated classroom behaviors, and peer acceptance or rejection). Associations between drug use and each of these constructs were examined in two sociodemographically disparate groups: teens from affluent, suburban families (n = 264), and low socioeconomic status adolescents from inner-city settings (n= 224). Results indicated that suburban youth reported significantly higher levels of substance use than inner-city youth. In addition, their substance use was more strongly linked with subjectively perceived maladjustment indices. Comparable negative associations involving grades and teacher-rated behaviors were found in both groups, and among suburban males only, substance use showed robust positive associations with acceptance by peers. Results are discussed in terms of developmental perspectives on adolescent deviance, contextual socializing forces, and implications for preventive interventions and treatment.

Dimensions of Causality as a Function of Socioeconomic Status in a Sample of Portuguese Adolescents

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 827-832
Author(s):  
Luísa Faria
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
The Other ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
High Socioeconomic Status ◽  
School Students ◽  
Locus Of Causality ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

This study explored dimensions of locus of causality, stability, and controllability, of several sources for success and failure, classified by subjects as a function of their socioeconomic status. The sample included 1,320 Portuguese high school students, from high, middle, and low socioeconomic status who classified 17 causes for success and failure according to their meaning on the three dimensions. Analysis showed students from families of low socioeconomic status perceived causes related to ability, effort, and motivation as more unstable than subjects from families of middle and high socioeconomic status, and students from families of high socioeconomic status perceived causes related to ability as more internal than the other two groups.

The STEM Selfing Process: Nondigital and Digital Determinants of Aspirational STEM Futures

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 950-972
Author(s):  
Laura Robinson
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Public High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Logistic Regression Models

This article takes a fresh approach to analyzing the nondigital and digital sources of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) intent among low–socioeconomic status (SES) high school students attending a Title I public high school in agricultural California. Through a hybrid quantitative–qualitative analysis of data, STEM intent is examined vis-à-vis the selfing process. STEM intent is conceptualized as the product of identity work that can be supported by digital engagements of diverse types. STEM identity is built and reinforced by exposure to digital resources at home, aspirations related to computer programming, and digital activities, particularly programming and/or gaming for at least one hour per week. The linkages are demonstrated quantitatively through logistic regression models and qualitatively with excerpts from in-depth interviews with matched STEM intent students. The regression models show that both nondigital factors and digital engagements influence the odds of expressing STEM intent among high school seniors. As the qualitative analysis demonstrates, these determinants are intimately linked to identity work in which STEM intent students imagine themselves as creators in STEM fields. Digital engagements such as programming, gaming, and internet exposure all play a crucial part in the STEM selfing process in which students imagine their future STEM selves by bringing to life the role of STEM creator. In the article’s concluding discussion these findings are developed in a new theoretical direction as evidence for the agentic technological self.

scholarly journals Are university widening participation activities just-in-time or just-out-of-time? Exploring the (mis)alignment between the timing of widening participation activities and university decision-making among students from low socioeconomic backgrounds

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria M Raciti ◽  
Joshua Dale
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Widening Participation ◽  
Compulsory Schooling ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
University Participation ◽  
The University

When is the best time to engage high school students in widening participation (WP) activities? With qualitative data from 46 university students at six Australian universities who are from low socioeconomic status (LSES) backgrounds, this study explored WP’s timeliness. It was found that a) the timing of the decision to go to university can occur at any point in compulsory schooling; b) LSES students experienced the bulk of WP in senior high school, being the years after they have selected the university stream; c) students in the university stream were exposed to WP activities while those in the non-university stream were excluded; and d) participants recommended that WP should begin earlier and be concentrated in the lead up to the forced streaming decision that occurs in Year 10. Overall, earlier WP exposure that is synchronised with high school streaming processes would optimise WP activities aimed at increasing LSES university participation.

scholarly journals COVID-19 within families amplifies the prosociality gap between adolescents of high and low socioeconomic status

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (46) ◽  
pp. e2110891118
Author(s):  
Camille Terrier ◽  
Daniel L. Chen ◽  
Matthias Sutter
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Noncognitive Skills ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Market Effects ◽  
Low Ses Students

COVID-19 has had worse health, education, and labor market effects on groups with low socioeconomic status (SES) than on those with high SES. Little is known, however, about whether COVID-19 has also had differential effects on noncognitive skills that are important for life outcomes. Using panel data from before and during the pandemic, we show that COVID-19 affects one key noncognitive skill, that is, prosociality. While prosociality is already lower for low-SES students prior to the pandemic, we show that COVID-19 infections within families amplify the prosociality gap between French high school students of high and low SES by almost tripling its size in comparison to pre–COVID-19 levels.

scholarly journals Waterpipe use among high school students in Ontario: Demographic and substance use correlates

2015 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. e121-e126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley A. Hamilton ◽  
Roberta Ferrence ◽  
Angela Boak ◽  
Shawn O’Connor ◽  
Robert E. Mann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Waterpipe Use

scholarly journals Drug Story Theater: A Mixed-Methods Study of a Peer-to-Peer Approach to Substance Abuse Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
joseph shrand ◽  
madeline digiovanni ◽  
dana lee ◽  
anita kishnore ◽  
andres martin
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Active Components ◽  
School Students ◽  
Test Range ◽  
Peer Intervention ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Group Interviews

Objective: Drug Story Theater (DST) is a peer-to-peer intervention that engages teenagers in the early stages of their recovery to develop shows about the seduction of, addiction to, and recovery from drugs and alcohol. Methods: We analyzed anonymous surveys completed by students before and after attending a DST performance, and transcripts of focus group interviews conducted with (1) program developers, (2) stakeholders, (3) performers, and (4) audience members. Results: Students (N = 871) from 5 schools attended one of 2 DST performances. Participants demonstrated increased knowledge on 5 fact-based questions (mean improvement range, 19%- 35%; p < .001 for all), and favorable changes on 10 items addressing perceptions regarding substance use risk (paired t test range, 3.9-9.4; p < .001 for all). Through iterative thematic analysis we developed an alliterative “7P” model spanning 2 domains: (1) Participants (Performers and Peers); and (2) Program (Partnerships, Practicalities, and Prevention). Conclusions: Exposure to a DST performance improved knowledge and risk perceptions about addiction among middle and high school students. It remains to be seen if those changes can have an effect on the prevention of substance use and dependence among vulnerable youth, and whether the active components of DST can be replicated in other school environments.

scholarly journals Substance use among high school students in Erbil City, Iraq: prevalence and potential contributing factors

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 806-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazar Mahmood ◽  
Samir Othman ◽  
Namir Al-Tawil ◽  
Tariq Al-Hadithi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
School Students

Substance Use and Parent Characteristics Among High School Students: Edirne Sample in Turkey

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-267
Author(s):  
Mehmet Bulent Sonmez ◽  
Digdem Cakir ◽  
Rugul Kose Cinar ◽  
Yasemin Gorgulu ◽  
Erdal Vardar
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Parent Characteristics
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