McDonald R M, Towberman D B
Department of Justice and Risk Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 23284-2017.
Adolescence. 1993 Winter;28(112):925-36.
This study evaluates the ability of a four-factor psychosocial model to explain adolescent drug involvement. Subjects are a representative sample of seventh- and eighth-grade public school students. A cross-sectional sample of data was extracted from a multiyear longitudinal assessment of a statewide drug education program. Data were collected through administration of the Youth Life-Styles Inventory, a specially designed drug-involvement assessment instrument. The belief that substance use has both external (sociological) and internal (psychological) causes guided the selection of independent variables. Factor analysis was used to disclose the interrelated structures of the psychosocial variables. A four-factor model was produced offering a concise theoretical paradigm of the underlying psychosocial determinants of adolescent drug use. This model was regressed on two indexes of drug involvement. Findings should prove useful in policy formulation and design of adolescent drug education and treatment programs. The explanatory potency of the four-factor model should aid in the investigation of adolescent drug use. The results indicate the need for children to bond with peers, parents, and others who have drug-resistant attitudes, and with conventional institutions such as schools.
本研究评估了一个四因素心理社会模型解释青少年涉毒情况的能力。研究对象是七年级和八年级公立学校学生的代表性样本。数据的横断面样本取自一项针对全州范围毒品教育项目的多年纵向评估。数据通过使用《青少年生活方式量表》收集，这是一种专门设计的涉毒情况评估工具。认为物质使用具有外部（社会学）和内部（心理学）原因这一信念指导了自变量的选择。因子分析用于揭示心理社会变量的相互关联结构。由此产生了一个四因素模型，该模型提供了一个关于青少年吸毒潜在心理社会决定因素的简洁理论范式。该模型以两个涉毒指标进行回归分析。研究结果应会对青少年毒品教育和治疗项目的政策制定与设计有所帮助。四因素模型的解释效力应有助于对青少年吸毒情况的调查。结果表明，儿童需要与同龄人、父母以及其他持有抵制毒品态度的人建立联系，并与诸如学校等传统机构建立联系。
