The Relationship between Substance Use and Delinquency among High-School Students in Cape Town, South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Carney, Tara; Myers, Bronwyn J.; Louw, Johann; Lombard, Carl; Flisher, Alan J.
Titel	The Relationship between Substance Use and Delinquency among High-School Students in Cape Town, South Africa
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 36 (2013) 3, S.447-455 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.01.004
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Data Analysis; Drug Use; Delinquency; Student Attitudes; Racial Differences; Substance Abuse; Smoking; Alcohol Abuse; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Grade Repetition; Longitudinal Studies; High School Students; Correlation; South Africa (Cape Town) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Auswertung; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Kriminalität; Schülerverhalten; Rassenunterschied; Drug use; Drug consomption; Rauchen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Korrelation
Abstract	Research has shown a positive relationship between substance use and delinquent-type behaviours among adolescents. The aim of this study is to explore the temporal relationships between these outcomes through secondary data analysis of a longitudinal study of high-school students' risk behaviours. Two regression models were compared and gender, socioeconomic status and repeating a grade were found to be consistent predictors of delinquent-type behaviour. Alcohol (OR: 1.26, CI: 1.02-1.55, p = 0.03) and drug use (OR: 1.10, CI: 1.03-1.16, p = 0.002) in the ordinal regression models were significantly associated with delinquent-type behaviours at Time 2 only. A transition model use was then used to measure delinquent-type behaviours as predicted by the previous time period, and results indicated that gender and delinquency were predictive of delinquency. Smoking also significantly interacted with delinquent-type behaviour to increase future risk of this behaviour. The findings point to the need for intervening early with adolescents who show delinquent-type behaviour. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10