Maddahian E, Newcomb M D, Bentler P M
University of California, Los Angeles.
J Subst Abuse. 1988;1(1):11-23. doi: 10.1016/s0899-3289(88)80004-x.
Risk factors for drug and alcohol use and abuse were studied among Hispanic, black, Asian, and white adolescents. The number of risk factors was a significant correlate of prevalence and heavy use among all adolescents, though the effects were stronger for some drug/ethnic group combinations. For example, the association between the number of risk factors and frequency of hard drug use was substantially smaller for blacks, compared to the other three ethnic groups. Risk factors were causal influences for increasing drug use, while controlling for initial level of use, among Hispanics and whites. However, these effects for blacks and Asians were in the same direction but not significant and were not significantly different from Hispanics and whites. Implications for prevention and intervention are discussed.
研究了西班牙裔、黑人、亚裔和白人青少年中药物和酒精使用及滥用的风险因素。风险因素的数量与所有青少年中的流行率和大量使用显著相关，尽管某些药物/种族群体组合的影响更强。例如，与其他三个种族群体相比，黑人中风险因素数量与硬性毒品使用频率之间的关联要小得多。在西班牙裔和白人中，风险因素是增加药物使用的因果影响因素，同时控制了初始使用水平。然而，黑人和亚裔的这些影响方向相同但不显著，且与西班牙裔和白人没有显著差异。文中讨论了预防和干预的意义。
