Lai Mary H, Graham John W, Smith Edward A, Caldwell Linda L, Bradley Stephanie A, Vergnani Tania, Mathews Cathy, Wegner Lisa
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 113 South Henderson, University Park, 16802 PA.
J Res Adolesc. 2013 Mar 1;23(1):128-137. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00801.x. Epub 2013 Feb 14.
We examined factors targeted in two popular prevention approaches with adolescent drug use and delinquency in South Africa. We hypothesized adolescent life skills to be inversely related, and perceived norms to be directly related to later drug use and delinquency. Multiple regression and a relative weights approach were conducted for each outcome using a sample of 714 South African adolescents ages 15 to 19 years ( = 15.8 years, 57% female). Perceived norms predicted gateway drug use. Conflict resolution skills (inversely) and perceived peer acceptability (directly) predicted harder drug use and delinquency. The "culture of violence" within some South African schools may make conflict resolution skills more salient for preventing harder drug use and delinquency.
我们研究了南非针对青少年吸毒和犯罪的两种常见预防方法所针对的因素。我们假设青少年生活技能与之呈负相关，而感知规范与后来的吸毒和犯罪呈正相关。使用714名年龄在15至19岁（平均年龄 = 15.8岁，57%为女性）的南非青少年样本，对每个结果进行了多元回归和相对权重分析。感知规范可预测入门毒品的使用。解决冲突技能（呈负相关）和感知到的同伴接受度（呈正相关）可预测更严重的吸毒和犯罪行为。南非一些学校中的“暴力文化”可能使解决冲突技能对于预防更严重的吸毒和犯罪行为更为突出。
