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Risk and Protective Factors for Alcohol and Marijuana Use among African-American Rural and Urban Adolescents

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine individual, family, peer, and community risk and protective factors associated with past-30-days alcohol and marijuana use among African-American adolescents living in rural and urban communities. This study used data collected from 907 tenth- and twelfth-grade African-American students who completed the 2005 Community Youth Survey. Peer and individual risk=protective factors were more influential for urban youths while family and community risk=protective factors were more influential for rural youths. This pattern held for alcohol and marijuana use. Implications for substance use prevention programming are discussed.

Source: Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse

DOI: 10.1080/1067828x.2011.581898

Authors: Trenette T. Clark, Anh B. Nguyen, Faye Z. Belgrave

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harvard University, Virginia Commonwealth University

Language: English

Topic: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health