Jackson Kelly F, LeCroy Craig W
Arizona State University, College of Public Programs, School of Social Work, Phoenix 85004, USA.
J Drug Educ. 2009;39(2):195-210. doi: 10.2190/DE.39.2.f.
This study examined predictors of substance use and negative activity involvement among a diverse sample of European American, African American, Hispanic, Native American, and multiracial early adolescents (n = 749) living in a large urban city in the Southwest United States. This study investigated a broad set of predictor variables that tap sociodemographic, peer, family, community, and school influences. Overall, findings from this study confirm that lifetime substance use remains high among youth of color. Of particular concern is this study's finding that multiracial adolescents are at elevated risk to use substances and engage in negative activities. The implications of this study for understanding how risk factors are influenced by race and other variables on different measures of problem behavior are discussed.
本研究调查了居住在美国西南部一个大城市的不同种族的青少年（n = 749），包括欧裔美国人、非裔美国人、西班牙裔、美洲原住民和多种族青少年，使用物质和参与负面活动的预测因素。本研究调查了一系列广泛的预测变量，这些变量涉及社会人口统计学、同伴、家庭、社区和学校的影响。总体而言，本研究结果证实有色人种青少年终生使用物质的比例仍然很高。特别值得关注的是，本研究发现多种族青少年使用物质和参与负面活动的风险更高。本文讨论了本研究对于理解种族和其他变量如何影响不同问题行为指标上的风险因素的意义。
