Farrell A D, Danish S J, Howard C W
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2018.
Am J Community Psychol. 1992 Jun;20(3):263-86. doi: 10.1007/BF00937910.
Examined the relationship between 26 dichotomous risk factors and drug use in derivation (N = 1,352) and cross-validation (N = 1,309) samples of seventh graders in the public school system of a large southeastern city. The majority of students was African American, many came from low-income, single parent families. A total of 20 risk factors representing a variety of variables was significantly related to at least one category of drug use in both samples. Regression analyses identified a subset of 11 risk factors with minimum overlap. The simple sum of these 11 risk factors was significantly associated with prevalence of use for cigarettes, beer and wine, hard liquor, marijuana, and other drugs. The total number of risk factors also showed a curvilinear relationship with the frequency of 30-day use for each category of drug. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
研究了美国东南部一个大城市公立学校系统中七年级学生的衍生样本（N = 1352）和交叉验证样本（N = 1309）中26个二分风险因素与药物使用之间的关系。大多数学生是非裔美国人，许多学生来自低收入单亲家庭。在两个样本中，共有20个代表各种变量的风险因素与至少一类药物使用显著相关。回归分析确定了一个重叠最小的11个风险因素子集。这11个风险因素的简单总和与香烟、啤酒和葡萄酒、烈性酒、大麻及其他药物的使用流行率显著相关。风险因素的总数也与每类药物30天使用频率呈曲线关系。讨论了这些发现的理论和实际意义。
