Racial bullying and adolescent substance use: An examination of school-attending young adolescents in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. Stone ◽  
Shauna K. Carlisle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Adolescent Substance

scholarly journals Familial, Social, and Individual Factors Contributing to Risk for Adolescent Substance Use

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mackenzie Whitesell ◽  
Annette Bachand ◽  
Jennifer Peel ◽  
Mark Brown
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Control And Prevention

Data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveal high numbers of adolescent substance use in the United States. Substance use among adolescents can lead to increased risk of transmission of sexually transmitted infections, vehicular fatalities, juvenile delinquency, and other problems associated with physical and mental health. Adolescents are particularly susceptible to involvement in substance use due to the underdeveloped state of the adolescent brain, which can lead to reduced decision-making ability and increased long-term effects of drugs and alcohol. Understanding the causes of adolescent substance use is vital for successful prevention and intervention programs.

The Role of the Church in Adolescent Drug Education

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine J. Kutter ◽  
Diane S. McDermott
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
The United States ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Drug Education ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
The Church

Despite drug education and prevention efforts, adolescent substance use is on the rise in the United States. In an exploration of correlates of substance use and components of effective drug education, three dimensions of religiosity—religious proscriptiveness, involvement in church activities, and the importance an individual places on church activities—emerge. Each has previously demonstrated an inverse relationship with adolescent substance use. In the present study, interactions among these three dimensions were evaluated in 238 adolescents. Religious proscriptiveness interacted with church involvement and with church importance in relation to adolescent use of alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana, and other drugs. Additionally, among adolescents who had ever used alcohol, a positive relationship was observed between religious proscriptiveness and binge drinking such that the highest incidence of binge drinking was reported by those affiliated with prescriptive religious groups. The church may be an important vehicle for drug education. Implications for drug education are discussed, and further research is suggested.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Cut Points for Measuring Risk Factors for Adolescent Substance Use and Antisocial Behaviors in the U.S. and Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 470
Author(s):  
Eric C. Brown ◽  
Pablo Montero-Zamora ◽  
Francisco Cardozo-Macías ◽  
María Fernanda Reyes-Rodríguez ◽  
John S. Briney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adolescent Substance Use ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Cut Points ◽  
Essential Question ◽  
Significant Difference

As the identification and targeting of salient risk factors for adolescent substance use become more widely used globally, an essential question arises as to whether U.S.-based cut points in the distributions of these risk factors that identify “high” risk can be used validly in other countries as well. This study examined proportions of youth at “high” risk using different empirically derived cut points in the distributions of 18 measured risk factors. Data were obtained from large-scale samples of adolescents in Colombia and the United States. Results indicated that significant (p < 0.05) differences in the proportions of “high” risk youth were found in 38.9% of risk factors for 6th graders, 61.1% for 8th graders, and 66.6% for 10th graders. Colombian-based cut points for determining the proportion of Colombian youth at “high” risk were preferable to U.S.-based cut points in almost all comparisons that exhibited a significant difference. Our findings suggest that observed differences were related to the type of risk factor (e.g., drug specific vs. non-drug specific). Findings from this study demonstrate the need for collecting large-scale national data on risk factors for adolescent substance use and developing country-specific cut points based on the distributions of these measures to avoid misidentification of youth at “high” risk.

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