Brook J S, Whiteman M, Balka E B, Win P T, Gursen M D
Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
J Genet Psychol. 1998 Mar;159(1):13-29. doi: 10.1080/00221329809596131.
Correlational and net regression techniques were used to examine the commonalities and differences in risks for later drug use and delinquency among African American and Puerto Rican adolescents. Eight-eight percent of the risks were significantly related to both problem behaviors. Within the personality, family, peer, ecology, and acculturation domains, many risks independently contributed to the prediction of each problem. Only three risks had a significantly stronger relationship to one of the problem behaviors than to the other. Finding so many common predictors supports a general dimension of problem behavior and highlights the psychosocial risks for drug use and delinquency. The commonalities suggest that interventions targeting these adolescent risks might reduce both problem behaviors.
采用相关分析和净回归技术，研究非裔美国青少年和波多黎各青少年日后吸毒和犯罪风险的共性与差异。88%的风险与这两种问题行为均显著相关。在人格、家庭、同伴、生态和文化适应领域，许多风险独立地促成了对每种问题行为的预测。只有三种风险与其中一种问题行为的关系显著强于另一种。发现如此多的共同预测因素支持了问题行为的一个总体维度，并突出了吸毒和犯罪的心理社会风险。这些共性表明，针对这些青少年风险的干预措施可能会减少这两种问题行为。
