Patrick Megan E, Collins Linda M, Smith Edward, Caldwell Linda, Flisher Alan, Wegner Lisa
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, USA.
Subst Use Misuse. 2009;44(5):647-62. doi: 10.1080/10826080902810244.
Substance use onset among Colored adolescents between eighth and ninth grades in an urban area of Cape Town, South Africa was examined using latent transition analysis. Longitudinal self-report data regarding substance use (N= 1118, 50.9% female) were collected in 2004 and 2005. Results indicated that the pattern of onset was similar across genders; adolescents first tried either alcohol or cigarettes, followed by both, then dagga (cannabis), and then inhalants. The prevalence of lifetime cigarette use was slightly greater for females; dagga (cannabis) and inhalant use were greater for males. The similarity of developmental onset in the current sample to previous international work supports the promise of adapting prevention programs across contexts. The study's limitations are noted.
利用潜在转变分析,对南非开普敦市区八、九年级有色人种青少年的物质使用起始情况进行了研究。2004年和2005年收集了关于物质使用的纵向自我报告数据(N = 1118,50.9%为女性)。结果表明,物质使用起始模式在不同性别间相似;青少年首先尝试饮酒或吸烟,随后两者都尝试,接着是大麻,然后是吸入剂。终身吸烟的患病率女性略高;大麻和吸入剂使用则男性更多。当前样本中发育起始情况与以往国际研究的相似性,支持了在不同环境中调整预防项目的前景。该研究的局限性也已指出。