Félix-Ortiz M, Villatoro Velázquez J A, Medina-Mora M E, Newcomb M D
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Psychology, 1282A Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, California 90095-1563, USA.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2001 Feb;7(1):27-46. doi: 10.1037/1099-9809.7.1.27.
The authors compared high school students in Baja California Norte (BCN), Mexico (n = 775), with Mexican American students in Los Angeles (LA), California (n = 516). The students' use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, inhalants, and other illicit drugs were compared, because these vary by gender, country, and their age of first drug use and are influenced by demographic variables, individual characteristics, and environmental influences. More BCN students than LA students had used alcohol, but more LA than BCN students had used illicit drugs and initiated drug use earlier. When demographic variables were influential, they were most powerful and increased the risk for drug use more than environmental factors or individual characteristics. Environmental factors were most influential for boys' drug use, whereas environmental and demographic variables were most influential for girls' drug use.
作者将墨西哥下加利福尼亚州北部（BCN）的775名高中生与加利福尼亚州洛杉矶（LA）的516名墨西哥裔美国学生进行了比较。对学生使用香烟、酒精、大麻、可卡因、吸入剂和其他非法药物的情况进行了比较，因为这些情况因性别、国家以及首次使用药物的年龄而异，并且受到人口统计学变量、个人特征和环境影响的作用。使用过酒精的BCN学生比LA学生更多，但使用过非法药物且更早开始使用药物的LA学生比BCN学生更多。当人口统计学变量产生影响时，其作用最为显著，且比环境因素或个人特征更能增加药物使用的风险。环境因素对男孩的药物使用影响最大，而环境和人口统计学变量对女孩的药物使用影响最大。
