Linking Life Skills and Norms with Adolescent Substance Use and Delinquency in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Lai, Mary H.; Graham, John W.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Smith, Edward A.; Bradley, Stephanie A.; Vergnani, Tania; Mathews, Cathy; Wegner, Lisa
Titel	Linking Life Skills and Norms with Adolescent Substance Use and Delinquency in South Africa
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23 (2013) 1, S.128-137 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00801.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Substance Abuse; Social Attitudes; Drug Abuse; Delinquency; Predictor Variables; Attitude Measures; Conflict Resolution; Peer Influence; Violence; Secondary School Students; Self Control; Gender Differences; Behavior Problems; Anxiety; Peer Acceptance; Regression (Statistics); South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Kriminalität; Prädiktor; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Gewalt; Sekundarschüler; Selbstbeherrschung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Angst; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	We examined factors targeted in two popular prevention approaches with adolescent drug use and delinquency in South Africa. We hypothesized adolescent life skills to be inversely related and perceived norms to be directly related to later drug use and delinquency. Multiple regression and a relative weights approach were conducted for each outcome using a sample of 714 South African adolescents aged 15-19 years ("M" = 15.8 years, 57% female adolescents). Perceived norms predicted gateway drug use. Conflict resolution skills (inversely) and perceived peer acceptability (directly) predicted harder drug use and delinquency. The "culture of violence" within some South African schools may make conflict resolution skills more salient for preventing harder drug use and delinquency. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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