Examining Anger as a Predictor of Drug Use among Multiethnic Middle School Students

Autor/inn/en	Nichols, Tracy R.; Mahadeo, Madhuvanti; Bryant, Kylie; Botvin, Gilbert J.
Titel	Examining Anger as a Predictor of Drug Use among Multiethnic Middle School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 78 (2008) 9, S.480-486 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00333.x
Schlagwörter	Marijuana; Prevention; Drug Use; Early Adolescents; Grade 6; Gender Differences; Psychological Patterns; Predictor Variables; Affective Behavior; Minority Group Children; Violence; Intervention; Urban Schools; Smoking; Drinking; Correlation; White Students; African American Students; Racial Differences; Hispanic American Students; Asian American Students; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Gewalt; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Rauchen; Trinken; Korrelation; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rassenunterschied; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA
Abstract	Background: Anger, a component of negative affect, has previously been associated with increased drug use primarily among white high school-aged students. However, few studies have examined these associations over time, and fewer have examined them among younger adolescents and students of color. Affective factors may play a greater role in drug use for girls relative to boys; yet, little is known regarding differences in associations between affect and drug use by gender. Methods: The current study used data from the control condition (N = 2025) of a drug and violence preventive intervention trial to examine the association between self-reported anger levels among multiethnic urban adolescents in the sixth grade and their use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana use 1 year later. Potential gender differences were examined as well. Results: Multivariate generalized estimating equations models found anger to be significantly associated with increases in smoking, drinking, and marijuana use. There were no significant gender differences found for any of the drug use outcomes. Conclusions: Results are consistent with studies conducted on primarily white high school youth, where anger had a small but significant effect on drug use over time. The findings also suggest that drug prevention programs should include emotion regulation skills, such as anger management, in addition to drug resistance skills. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10