Sigal Marika, Ross Bryan J, Behnke Andrew O, Plunkett Scott W
Department of Psychology, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330, USA.
School of Family and Consumer Sciences, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA.
Children (Basel). 2021 Mar 31;8(4):267. doi: 10.3390/children8040267.
Self-report survey data were collected from 797 adolescents (47.2% Latino, 52.8% Black) in North Carolina. Path analyses were conducted to examine relationships between youth perceptions of maternal and paternal monitoring, neighborhood crime/drugs, friends' delinquency, peer victimization, minor substance use, and major substance use. After establishing a good fitting model, multigroup models were conducted for Blacks vs. Latinos. The results indicated perceived maternal monitoring (and paternal monitoring for Latinos) was directly related to decreased exposure to neighborhood crime/drugs and friends' delinquency. For Latinos and Blacks, maternal and paternal monitoring were directly related to gateway substance use, and indirectly related to major substance use through gateway substance use. Additionally, friends' delinquency and peer victimization were directly related to gateway and major substance use for Blacks and Latinos. Thus, exposure to neighborhood crime/drugs was indirectly related to substance use through friends' delinquency and peer victimization.
从北卡罗来纳州的797名青少年（47.2%为拉丁裔，52.8%为黑人）中收集了自我报告调查数据。进行了路径分析，以检验青少年对母亲和父亲监督、邻里犯罪/毒品、朋友犯罪、同伴受害、轻度物质使用和重度物质使用的认知之间的关系。在建立了一个拟合良好的模型后，对黑人和拉丁裔进行了多组模型分析。结果表明，感知到的母亲监督（以及拉丁裔的父亲监督）与接触邻里犯罪/毒品和朋友犯罪的减少直接相关。对于拉丁裔和黑人来说，母亲和父亲的监督与入门物质使用直接相关，并通过入门物质使用与重度物质使用间接相关。此外，朋友犯罪和同伴受害与黑人和拉丁裔的入门和重度物质使用直接相关。因此，通过朋友犯罪和同伴受害，接触邻里犯罪/毒品与物质使用间接相关。
