Farrell A D, Anchors D M, Danish S J, Howard C W
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2018.
J Drug Educ. 1992;22(4):313-28. doi: 10.2190/3V12-D8FV-U07X-MN7F.
This study tested the relevance of a risk factor model for predicting drug use among rural adolescents. A questionnaire battery assessing drug use and the presence/absence of twenty risk factors derived from a previous study of urban adolescents was administered to a sample of seventh graders (N = 235) in the public school system of a rural community. All but one of these risk factors were found to be significantly related to at least one category of drug use. In addition, a risk factor index based on a subset of ten risk factors was significantly associated with the prevalence and frequency of use for cigarettes, beer and wine, hard liquor, marijuana, and other drugs. These findings support the generalizability of a risk factor approach to predicting drug use, and underscore the need for increased prevention and research efforts directed at rural adolescents.
本研究检验了一种风险因素模型对于预测农村青少年药物使用情况的相关性。对农村社区公立学校系统中的一批七年级学生（N = 235）进行了一系列问卷调查，这些问卷评估了药物使用情况以及源自先前一项关于城市青少年研究的20种风险因素的存在与否。结果发现，除一种风险因素外，其他所有风险因素均与至少一类药物使用显著相关。此外，基于10种风险因素子集的风险因素指数与香烟、啤酒和葡萄酒、烈性酒、大麻及其他药物的使用流行率和使用频率显著相关。这些发现支持了风险因素方法在预测药物使用方面的通用性，并强调了针对农村青少年加大预防和研究力度的必要性。
